Dr Sally Havers

Conjoint Nurse Researcher

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work

s.havers@uq.edu.au

Featured projects	Duration
Comparative effectiveness of interventions to prevent bloodstream infections in central venous catheters: The IVCare adaptive platform trial (IVCare) National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grant (Award ID: 2016399) and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) 2023 Clinical Trials Activity grant (Award ID: 2035451)
The REcognising and reSPONDing to patients with BloodStream Infection (RESPOND-BSI) Study UQ Foundations Research Excellence Awards; NHMRC Investigator Grant
Establishing Global Consensus on Vascular Access Surveillance Definitions Through a Modified Delphi Process Infusion Nurses Society
Subcutaneously anchored securement system versus a traditional sutureless securement device for prevention of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter dislodgement: a randomised controlled trial Darling Downs Health Hospital Foundation Grant
Characterisation of Intravascular Access Device (IVAD) Staphylococcus aureus Blood Stream Infection (SAB)
Healthcare-Associated Infection Tracking with Enhanced Connectivity and Health Informatics Queensland Government
Comparative effectiveness of Class II/III medical devices to prevent bloodstream infections in central venous access devices: The IVCare adaptive platform trial (IVCare) National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grant (Award ID: 2016399) and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) 2023 Clinical Trials Activity grant (Award ID: 2035451)
Health care associated infection burden in Queensland, Australia Queensland Government
Translating Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Research into Practice: Australian Hospitals Survey 2025
REBUILD: Reducing the Burden of Healthcare Associated Infection Using a Learning Health Systems Approach NHMRC 2024 Collaborations in Health Services Research

Publications

Journal Articles (22)

Conference Papers (2)

Journal Articles

Lovegrove, Josephine, Havers, Sally, Schults, Jessica, Ray-Barruel, Gillian, Bhasale, Alice, Keogh, Samantha, Smith, Sarah, Fritts, Jemima, Ullman, Amanda J., Xu, Hui (Grace) and Rickard, Claire M. (2026). Does policy and practice for peripheral intravenous catheters match clinical standards? A point prevalence study. Infection, Disease and Health, 31 (2) 100391, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2025.09.004

Havers, Sally M., Rickard, Claire M., Lovegrove, Josephine, Stewardson, Andrew J., Egerton-Warburton, Diana, McCann, Rebecca L., Ray-Barruel, Gillian, Davies, Karen M., Brown, Christine, Mathias, Samuel M. and Schults, Jessica A. (2026). Infection prevention and control priorities to improve peripheral intravenous catheter care– setting a national priority agenda. Infection, Disease and Health, 31 (1) 100379, 100379. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2025.07.001

Lovegrove, Josephine, Havers, Sally, Smith, Alison, Ball, Daner L., Ullman, Amanda J., Bhasale, Alice and Rickard, Claire M. (2025). Peripheral intravenous catheter policies and procedures across Queensland: a document review and analysis of underpinning evidence and alignment with clinical standards. Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association, 49 (6) AH25234. doi: 10.1071/AH25234

Rickard, Claire M., Stewardson, Andrew J., Havers, Sally M., Buetti, Niccolo, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., MacPhail, Aleece, McQuilten, Zoe, Lazarus, Benjamin, Charles, Karina R., Schults, Jessica A. and on behalf of the IVCare Trial Study Group (2025). Interventions to prevent bloodstream infections associated with central venous access devices: priorities for an adaptive platform trial. American Journal of Infection Control, 53 (9), 1004-1007. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.06.003

Bouchoucha, Stéphane L. and Havers, Sally. M. (2025). From One Pandemic to the Next—What's Next on the Horizon for Infection Prevention and Control?. Nursing and Health Sciences, 27 (3) e70213, e70213. doi: 10.1111/nhs.70213

Schults, Jessica A., Havers, Sally, Henderson, Belinda, Healy, Sally, Runnegar, Naomi, Hurst, Trish, Charles, Karina, Smith, Alison, Clark, Julia E., Birch, Robyn, Campbell, Joanne, Carrucan, Janine, Gamlin, John, Geary, Janice, Heather, Christopher, MacBeth, Deborough A, Maxwell, Kylie, Simpson, Paul, Smith, Sarah, Lovegrove, Josephine, Ball, Daner, Hall, Lisa and Rickard, Claire M. (2025). Expert consensus and recommendations for Healthcare-Associated Infection surveillance in Queensland, Australia: A modified Delphi study. American Journal of Infection Control, 53 (8), 849-854. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.02.012

Havers, Sally M. and Rickard, Claire M. (2025). Repensar el mundo del manejo del acceso vascular, poniendo un foco en la colaboración. Enfermería Clínica, 35 (4) 502334. doi: 10.1016/j.enfcli.2025.502334

Havers, Sally M. and Rickard, Claire M. (2025). Rethinking the world of vascular access management with a focus on collaboration. Repensar el mundo del manejo del acceso vascular, poniendo un foco en la colaboración. Enfermería Clínica (English Edition), 35 (4) 502334, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2025.502334

Schults, Jessica A., Smith, Alison, Havers, Sally M., Mitchell, Brett G., Kwong, Jason C., Russo, Philip L., Stewardson, Andrew J. and Rickard, Claire M. (2025). Government funding for healthcare infection prevention research: A scoping review of the past decade. Infection, Disease & Health, 30 (4), 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2025.05.003

Schults, Jessica, Henderson, Belinda, Hall, Lisa and Havers, Sally (2024). Designing for transparency and trust: next steps for healthcare associated infection surveillance in Queensland. Infection, Disease and Health, 29 (4), 243-245. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2024.05.002

Havers, Sally M., Kate Martin, Elizabeth, Wilson, Andrew and Hall, Lisa (2020). A systematic review and meta-synthesis of policy intervention characteristics that influence the implementation of government-directed policy in the hospital setting: implications for infection prevention and control. Journal of Infection Prevention, 21 (3), 84-96. doi: 10.1177/1757177420907696

Havers, S. M., Martin, E., Wilson, A. and Hall, L. (2019). Implementation of government-directed policy in the hospital setting: A modified Delphi study. Health Research Policy and Systems, 17 (1) 91, 91. doi: 10.1186/s12961-019-0500-8

Havers, Sally M., Russo, Philip L., Page, Katie, Wilson, Andrew and Hall, Lisa (2018). Clinician perspectives of policy implementation: a qualitative study of the implementation of a national infection prevention policy in Australian hospitals. American Journal of Infection Control, 47 (4), 366-370. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.09.029

Grayson, M Lindsay, Stewardson, Andrew J, Russo, Philip L, Ryan, Kate E, Olsen, Karen L, Havers, Sally M, Greig, Susan and Cruickshank, Marilyn (2018). Effects of the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative after 8 years on infection control practices, health-care worker education, and clinical outcomes: a longitudinal study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18 (11), 1269-1277. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30491-2

Havers, S. M., Russo, P. L., Page, K., Wilson, A. and Hall, L. (2017). Aseptic technique and the implementation of national policy: Contextual factors for consideration. Infection, Disease and Health, 22 (2), 94-95. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2017.04.004

Russo, Philip L., Havers, Sally M., Cheng, Allen C., Richards, Michael, Graves, Nicholas and Hall, Lisa (2016). Characteristics of national and statewide health care–associated infection surveillance programs: a qualitative study. American Journal of Infection Control, 44 (12), 1505-1510. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.06.034

Hall, Lisa, Farrington, Alison, Mitchell, Brett G., Barnett, Adrian G., Halton, Kate, Allen, Michelle, Page, Katie, Gardner, Anne, Havers, Sally, Bailey, Emily, Dancer, Stephanie J., Riley, Thomas V., Gericke, Christian A., Paterson, David L. and Graves, Nicholas (2016). Researching effective approaches to cleaning in hospitals: protocol of the REACH study, a multi-site stepped-wedge randomised trial. Implementation Science, 11 (1) 44, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0406-6

Havers, Sally M., Russo, Philip L., Mitchell, Brett and Hall, Lisa (2015). Health-care-associated infections. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 15 (7), 763-764. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00069-9

Rogers, Benjamin A., Ingram, Paul R., Runnegar, Naomi, Pitman, M.C., Freeman, Joshua T., Athan, Eugene, Havers, Sally, Sidjabat, Hanna E., Gunning, Earlleen, De Almeida, Mary, Styles, Kaylene and Paterson, David L. (2015). Sequence type 131 fimH30 and fimH41 subclones amongst Escherichia coli isolates in Australia and New Zealand. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 45 (4), 351-358. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.11.015

Rogers, Benjamin A., Ingram, Paul R., Runnegar, Naomi, Pitman, Matthew C., Freeman, Joshua T., Athan, Eugene, Havers, Sally M., Sidjabat, Hanna E., Jones, Mark, Gunning, Earleen, De Almeida, Mary, Styles, Kaylene and Paterson, David L. (2014). Community-onset Escherichia coli infection resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins in low-prevalence countries. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 58 (4), 2126-2134. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02052-13

Rogers, Benjamin A., Havers, Sally M., Harris-Brown, Tiffany M. and Paterson, David L. (2014). Predictors of use of infection control precautions for multiresistant gram-negative bacilli in Australian hospitals: Analysis of a national survey. American Journal of Infection Control, 42 (9), 963-969. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.035

Ryan, Kathleen, Russo, Philip L., Heard, Kelvin, Havers, Sally, Bellis, Kaye and Lindsay Grayson, M. (2012). Development of a standardised approach to observing hand hygiene compliance in Australia. Healthcare Infection, 17 (4), 115-121. doi: 10.1071/HI12022

Conference Papers

Smith, Alison, Havers, Sally, Geary, Janice, Jones, Judith, Vesey, Debra, Simpson, Paul, Pickering, Alison, McCarthy, Kate, Hall, Lisa, Rickard, Claire and Schults, Jessica (2025). Bloodstream Infection Under Review: Co-designing a standardised approach to bloodstream infection reviews in Queensland Health. 2025 ACIPC International Conference, Hobart, TAS Australia, 16-19 November 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2025.10.018

Schults, Jessica, Healy, Sally, Havers, Sally, Henderson, Belinda, Charles, Karina, Smith, Alison, Hall, Lisa, Carrucan, Janine, Smith, Sarah, Hurst, Trish, Birch, Robyn and Rickard, Claire (2024). 87. Establishing a core healthcare associated infection surveillance measurement set for Queensland using a modified Delphi process. 2024 ACIPC International Conference, Hobart, TAS Australia, 16-19 November 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2024.09.018