Congratulations to all our Infection Prevention and Control graduates!

• RFBI News

Sonia Lim 23 Mar 2021

In 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