Infection Prevention and Control
for the Healthcare Industry
Services
We ensure day hospitals implement a robust infection prevention and control program to protect the health and well-being of patients, staff, and visitors.
Utilise our expertise in design and operation of RMD reprocessing facilities, drawing on insights from Australia, the UK and Europe, where significant investments have shaped modern and fully automated centralised reprocessing centres.
We combine comprehensive technical knowledge of reprocessing procedures, spanning physics, chemistry, biology, microbiology, and engineering, and advanced management skills to ensure operational excellence.
We conduct audits and / or site reviews to ensure dental, podiatry, and office-based practices comply with AS5369 and also assist you to adhere to relevant industry-specific guidelines.
We provide expert consultancy and education services to the medical industry, specialising in infection prevention and control and reprocessing of reusable medical devices to enhance safety and compliance.
We conduct AS5369 and GENCA / GESA IPCE compliance reviews for endoscopy procedure services to ensure that your endoscope reprocessing and microbiological surveillance activities meet the latest standards for best practice.
About Us
Terry McAuley, founder of STEAM Consulting is a passionate advocate for the achievement of best practice in reprocessing reusable medical devices and infection prevention and control. She represented ACIPC on the Standards Australia Committee HE-023 responsible for AS/NZS4187 and AS/NZS4815 (now AS5369) for more than 20 years and has authored the AusHFG HPU for Sterilizing and Endoscope Reprocessing Units, IPC Guidelines for podiatrists, and Chapter 16 Disinfection and Sterilisation in the Australian textbook Healthcare Associated Infections in Australia: Principles and Practice of Infection Prevention and Control.