Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman (RN, DPH, CICP-E, SFHEA) is an internationally respected clinician, educator, and researcher in infection prevention and control (IPC). Dr Zimmerman’s experience in IPC spans over 20 years and her domestic clinical experience, research, and expertise has led her to work extensively in China, South East Asia and throughout both the South and North Pacific, directly on outbreak response, the development of comprehensive infection prevention and control programs, and integration of public health and acute care response in infectious disease emergencies in low and middle income country settings.
Peta-Anne is the Program Advisor of the Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Programs at Griffith University, which includes the only named Master of Infection Prevention and Control in the region and is proud to be the Visiting Research Fellow with the Infection Control Department of the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.Peta-Anne holds the award of Credentialled Infection Control Professional – Expert, is the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) representative and senior teaching faculty for the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), ACIPC Board Director, and member of the ACIPC Credentialling and Professional Practices (CAPS) Committee. Peta-Anne is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Experience
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2018–presentSenior lecturer, Griffith University
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2012–2018Lecturer, Griffith University
Education
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2018Higher Education Academy, Senior Fellow
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2015Griffith University, Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
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2013Gold Coast Hospital and Health Services, Visiting Research Fellow
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2012University of Wollongong, Doctor of Public Health
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2007Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control, Credentialled Infection Control Professional - Expert
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2001Griffith University, Master of Health Science (Infection Control)
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1995Griffith University, Bachelor of Nursing
Publications
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2019The “five senses of success” in nursing students: Assessing first-year support engagement, International Journal of Nursing Sciences
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2019Review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Content within a Bachelor of Nursing, Collegian
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2018Instilling a culture of cleaning: effectiveness of decontamination practices on non-disposable sphygmomanometer cuffs, Journal of Infection Prevention
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2018Infectious illness prevention and control methods and their effectiveness in non-health workplaces: An integrated literature review, Journal of Infection Prevention
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2017Chapter 4: whyZombie? Zombie Pop-Culture to Improve Infection Prevention and Control Practices, Teaching Medicine and Medical Ethics Using Popular Culture
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2017Assessing workplace infectious illness management in Australian workplaces, Infection, Disease and Health
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2017Beyond orientation: Evaluation of student lifecycle activities for first-year Bachelor of Nursing students, Collegian
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2017Chapter 6: Infection Prevention and Control, Clinical Nursing Skills. An Australian Perspective
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2016Hospital based clearance of patients with skin and soft tissue methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): A systematic review of the literature, Infection, Disease and Health
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2016A healthy degree of suspicion: A discussion of the implementation of transmission based precautions in the Emergency Department, Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
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2015Success in the South Pacific: A case study of successful diffusion of an infection prevention and control programme, Healthcare Infection
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2013Evaluating infection control: A review of the implementation of an infection prevention and control programme in a low-income country setting, American Journal of Infection Control
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2012SARS and Kiribati: Eyes wide open, International Journal of Infection Control
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2011Frameworks that assist adoption of infection prevention and control programmes. Does the literature exist?, Healthcare Infection
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2007Help or hindrance? Is current infection control advice applicable in low- and middle-income countries? A review of the literature, American Journal of Infection Control
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2004Accommodating patients with a history of colonisation or infection with a multi-resistant organism: a Accommodating patients with a history of colonisation or infection with a multi-resistant organism: a case study investigation study investigation, Australian Infection Control
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2001For the good of many: an infection control perspective on ethics, Australian Infection Control
Grants and Contracts
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2018International mass gathering impact on Gold Coast Hospitals emergency departments
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- Principal
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- Emergency Medicine Foundation
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2018International mass gathering impact on Gold Coast Hospitals emergency departments
- Role:
- Principal
- Funding Source:
- Gold Coast Hospital Foundation
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2018Investigation of the selection and use of “other” personal protective equipment (PPE) as part of Standard Precautions in clinical practice.
- Role:
- Principal
- Funding Source:
- Cardinal Health
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2015No time for losers: Producing infection control champions in the healthcare setting
- Role:
- Principal
- Funding Source:
- Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control
Professional Memberships
- Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control
- College of Emergency Nursing Australia
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- Public Health Association of Australia
- International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Australasian Society for HIV Medicine
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control
- Australian College of Nursing
- Gold Coast, Australia
- Website
- @IPCPau
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
