Implementing Effective Infection Prevention and Control in Residential Aged Care Through Communities of Practice: Protocol for a Before-and-After Study (IMMERSE-2)

Joanne Tropea   ^{1, 2} , MPH, PhD ;   Sanne Peters   ³ , MEd, PhD ;   Robyn Ann Smith   ¹ , MPH ;   Lyn-li Lim   ^{4, 5} , MBBS, MPH ;   Lidia Engel   ⁶ , MSc, PhD ;   Michael J Malloy   ⁴ , PhD ;   Luke Wolfenden   ⁷ , PhD ;   Irene Blackberry   ⁸ , PhD ;   Jacqueline Francis-Coad   ⁹ , MSc, PhD ;   Wen Kwang Lim   ^{1, 2} , MBBS, FRACP, MD ;   Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh   ¹⁰ , MA, PhD ;   Judy McCahon   ¹¹ ;   Jacquelin McDonald   ¹² , MEd, DEd ;   Carrie Spinks   ¹³ , MSci, MC-ANP ;   Christopher Etherton-Beer   ¹⁴ , MBBS, FRACP, PhD ;   Chelsea Velona   ¹ , BBiomed ;   Carole A Estabrooks   ¹⁵ , CM, PhD, RN ;   Noleen Bennett   ^{3, 4, 16} , RN, MPH, PhD

¹ Department of Medicine – Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

² Department of Aged Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

³ School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

⁴ Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Coordinating Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

⁶ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

⁷ School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Australia, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

⁸ John Richards Centre, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia

⁹ Western Australia for Health Ageing (WACHA), School of Health and Clinical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

¹⁰ Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC), La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

¹¹ Melbourne Academic Centre for Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

¹² Learning and Teaching Centre, University of Southern Queensland, Toowomba, Queensland, Australia

¹³ Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

¹⁴ Western Australia for Health Ageing (WACHA), The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

¹⁵ Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC), Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

¹⁶ National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia