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PICNet
Introduction │
TORs │
Communication list │ web pages
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Meeting │
contact
Terms of reference
Objectives
Within the framework of PPHSN:
• To set minimum standards for infection control in PICTs, with
adapted evidence-
based/best practices
• To develop infection control capacity in PICTs
• To raise awareness of infection control issues
• To develop and maintain infection control links with health (and
other) entities
(e.g. governmental and non-governmental agencies, donors)
• To develop a strategic plan for PICNet
• Future objective: To develop and maintain standardised
healthcare-associated infection
(HAI) surveillance and response mechanisms
Membership
Core
• All health professionals with an interest in infection control,
with one national focal point for each SPC member state
Allied
• Health professionals from Australia and New Zealand with an
interest in infection control
• International organisations: WHO, SPC
• Training institutions, including schools of nursing, medicine,
oral health
• Donors
Steering committee
• WHO (1)
• SPC (1)
• Fiji School of Medicine (1) (yet to be confirmed)
• Six core-member representatives, who volunteered and were
nominated at the first
technical consultation meeting, from Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Papua
New Guinea, Samoa
and Solomon Islands
This composition will be subsequently reviewed and adapted to have
sub-regional representation, like the PPHSN Coordinating Body. A
renewal process will also be put in place.
Roles
• Facilitate and monitor the achievement of objectives
• Maintain records of PICNet meetings/workshops, including
recommendations and
plans of action, and disseminate them to relevant bodies for appropriate
action
• Internal communication by e-mail, with a meeting or teleconference
twice a year
Focal point
The focal point of PICNet is the PPHSN Coordinating Body focal
point.
Roles
• Develop and maintain network communication with core and
allied members and
external linkages
• Provide technical assistance in collaboration with other
agencies/members
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