Congratulations to all our Infection Prevention and Control graduates!
23 Mar 2021In October 2020, Minister of Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck directed every Australian residential aged care facility to appoint a nurse to be the lead person for infection prevention and control (IPC). Since then, RFBI has been working hard to ensure that each RFBI Village meet these requirements.
By mid-November, we had proudly delegated a key IPC Trainer in every RFBI Village whose role was to commence further education for all staff on all aspects of PPE and infection prevention and control.
“Our teams have put in tremendous effort to complete this IPC course and I can proudly say we are now even better prepared for the prevention and response to infection diseases, including COVID-19 and influenza,” shared Deborah Cowler, Regional General Manager, Quality and Development.
We are delighted to now have 26 staff complete over 110 hours in coursework and assessment to be our RFBI certified IPC Lead.
“It was very challenging but I’m very proud to have completed the course,” said Leyda Suttor, General Manager at RFBI Concord Community Village and an IPC graduate.
“It may have been a tough course but many of our graduates felt it was worth the time and effort and surprisingly enough found the course to be very interesting,” added Robyne Bragg, Clinical Nurse Educator.
Our IPC Leads will ensure that each of our village are better prepared to prevent and respond to infectious diseases, including COVID-19 and influenza.
Congratulations to
Name | Village |
Amanda Haschek | RFBI Armidale Masonic Village |
Banisha Pahari | RFBI Concord Masonic Village |
Bipana Bhandari | RFBI Basin View Masonic Village |
Carolyn Cheetham | RFBI Leeton Masonic Village |
Cheryl Klinkhamer | RFBI Cessnock Masonic Village |
Danny Nguyen | RFBI Berry Masonic Village |
Deborah McPherson | RFBI Coffs Harbour Masonic Village |
Ivy Ocampo | RFBI Bathurst Masonic Village |
James Figallo | RFBI Lake Haven Masonic Village |
Jamie Burke | RFBI Cessnock Masonic Village |
Joanne Mayberry | RFBI West Wyalong Masonic Village |
Jomol George | RFBI Hawkins Masonic Village |
Kelly Ives | RFBI Coffs Harbour Masonic Village |
Lauren Mathews | RFBI Lakemba Masonic Village |
Leyda Suttor | RFBI Concord Masonic Village |
Lisa Cotterill | RFBI Goulburn Masonic Village |
Lynda Brill | RFBI Leeton Masonic Village |
Ma Luchie Anhao | RFBI Lake Haven Masonic Village |
Maria Nayon | RFBI Bathurst Masonic Village |
Melinda Benson | RFBI Basin View Masonic Village |
Sally Marriott | RFBI Raleigh Urunga Masonic Village |
Susan Sellen | RFBI Raleigh Urunga Masonic Village |
Suzanna Santiagoo | RFBI Berry Masonic Village |
Tegan Perry | RFBI Kurri Kurri Masonic Village |
Vu Anh Thu Bach | RFBI Holt Masonic Village |
Yvonne Donaldson | RFBI Benhome Masonic Village |