Infection Prevention & Control Unit

Established in 1995, the aim of the Infection Prevention & Control Unit (IPCU) is to provide an expert reference service in accordance with NSW Health Department directives, guidelines, policies and regulations. This service is available to all health care workers in NSW, irrespective of their geographic location or level of infection control knowledge or expertise.

A team of infection control expert staff the IPCU. The Centre is unique in Australia and works collaboratively with the infection control staff of the NSW Health Department, the Australian Infection Control Association (AICA) and the NSW Infection Control Association Inc.

In 2007 the NSW Infection Control and Resource centre (ICRC) was renamed the Infection Prevention and Control Unit (IPCU).

The IPCU provides:

A telephone advisory service for questions and advice regarding infection control. The telephone service operates Monday to Friday, 8am– 5pm
A comprehensive 'multimedia infection control library' relating to infection control issues. Videos, DVDs and CD-ROMs can be borrowed up to one month free of charge
Education packages which provide plain English information on infection control and diseases. Each package contains lists of recommended videos and websites
A free quarterly newsletter. In.Control contains a list of the latest NSW Health Department circulars relating to infection control, a media watch section, reviews of new infection control videos, a question and answer column and guest writers
For catalogues, information or to join our mailing list, email

Contact Details:

Telephone: 02 9332 9712, fax: 02 9380 6572 or email

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Albion Street Centre
150 - 154 Albion Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia
Telephone: +61 2 9332 9600 Fax: +61 2 9331 3490

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