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Philip Russo

Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Philip.Russo@monash.edu

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Biography

Philip is Director of Nursing Research, Cabrini Health and Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. He is the President of the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control, and Deputy Chair of the COVID-19 Infection Control Expert Group to the Australian Department of Health. He is a member of the COVID Evidence Taskforce Steering Committee, Australian Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on AMR, the Healthcare Associated Infection Advisory Committee to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, and a member of the Australian College of Nursing. He is also the recipient of a NHMRC Early Career Fellowship, and has received research funding from the Rosemary Norman Foundation, Cardinal Health, Australian College of Nursing and the Cabrini Institute.

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Safer hospitals, healthier patients: Reducing infections in healthcare settings post image

Safer hospitals, healthier patients: Reducing infections in healthcare settings

This is how we should build and staff Victoria's new quarantine facility, say two infection control experts post image

This is how we should build and staff Victoria's new quarantine facility, say two infection control experts

How to reduce COVID-19 risk at the beach or the pool post image

How to reduce COVID-19 risk at the beach or the pool

Does a face shield protect against COVID-19? We're not sure – so a mask is probably a safer bet for now post image

Does a face shield protect against COVID-19? We're not sure – so a mask is probably a safer bet for now

COVID-19: How Melbourne's new business restrictions will reduce case numbers post image

COVID-19: How Melbourne's new business restrictions will reduce case numbers

Victoria's 723 new COVID-19 cases, clusters, and what might explain it post image

Victoria's 723 new COVID-19 cases, clusters, and what might explain it

COVID-19: Face masks are no silver bullet, but they're important post image

COVID-19: Face masks are no silver bullet, but they're important

Metropolitan Melbourne, Mitchell Shire return to lockdown – this is just how vigilant we have to be until a COVID-19 vaccine is found post image

Metropolitan Melbourne, Mitchell Shire return to lockdown – this is just how vigilant we have to be until a COVID-19 vaccine is found

Nine Melbourne tower blocks put into 'hard lockdown' – what does it mean, and will it work? post image

Nine Melbourne tower blocks put into 'hard lockdown' – what does it mean, and will it work?

Ten postcodes are back in stage three coronavirus lockdown – here's what that means post image

Ten postcodes are back in stage three coronavirus lockdown – here's what that means

From spit to scrums: How can sports players minimise their COVID-19 risk? post image

From spit to scrums: How can sports players minimise their COVID-19 risk?

Social distancing: why should we stay 1.5 metres away from each other? post image

Social distancing: why should we stay 1.5 metres away from each other?