Arpita Patel

VICNISS

The VICNISS Coordinating Centre provides a state-wide, standardised surveillance service for healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and related events. The goal of VICNISS is to monitor and reduce the incidence of HAIs, providing support for health services in Victoria. VICNISS aims to support Victorian health services to carry out international best practice surveillance and analysis, and to lead interventions for quality improvement to improve the health of all Victorians.

VICNISS provides a source of high quality data for regular performance monitoring, and for a valuable resource for the research community. Over the time of VICNISS surveillance, infection rates in key areas of focus have fallen markedly, reducing the significant financial and personal cost of these infections on both individual patients and the health system.

VICNISS collaborates with the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS), with a major involvement in aged care NAPS (ac-NAPS). VICNISS is also engaged by DHHS Residential Aged Care Services to carry out monitoring of infection control indicators in Victoria’s public residential aged care services, including participation in ac-NAPS.

Lab Team

• Associate Professor Deborah Friedman

  Director VICNISS
• Dr Ann Bull

  Operations Director (VICNISS)
• Associate Professor Leon Worth

  Infectious Diseases Physician
• Dr Lyn-li Lim

  Infectious Disease Physician
• Associate Professor Noleen Bennett

  Aged Care NAPS Project Officer
• Kylie Snook

  Senior Infection Control Consultant
• Sam Dickson

  Senior Infection Control Consultant
• Khosi Dube

  Senior Infection Control Consultant
• Donna Taylor

  CNC Infection Control
• Roland Laguitan

  Database Manager
• Ling Wang

  Net SQL Programmer
• Arpita Patel

  Business Intelligence Reporting Developer
• Rashedul Hasan

  Database Administrator/Developer
• Atal Malavde

  Net SQL Programmer (NISPAC project)
• Dr Michael Malloy

  Biostatistician
• Stephanie Tanamas

  Epidemiologist
• Andrea Brebner

  Administration Assistant / Office Manager