Dr Ramon Shaban - Griffith University

Site Degrees

BSc, BN, DipAppSc(Amb), GCertInfCon, PGDipPH&TM,MEd, MCHPrac(Hons), RN, IPN, CICP, EMT-P,FRCNA, PhD Dr Ramon Shaban
Postgraduate Programs Convenor
Senior Research Fellow
Contact details for Dr Ramon Shaban

Research expertise

Infection prevention and control
Infectious diseases
Emergency medicine and nursing
Pre-hospital emergency care
Immunisation
Clinical judgment and decision-making
Quality and safety in health care
Community and public health
Mental health and mental illness
Professional practice standards and credentialing
Inter-disciplinary collaboration

Current teaching areas or responsibilities

Griffith Graduate Infection Control Program
Infection control and prevention
Infectious diseases
Independent project and research supervision

Publications (Select Recent)

Shaban, R. Z. and Considine, J. (2011). Pre-hospital triage, clinical reasoning and communication. In Curtis, K. & Ramsden, C. Emergency Trauma and Care. Elsevier: Sydney.
Considine, J. and Shaban, R. Z. (2011). Resuscitation. In Curtis, K. & Ramsden, C. Emergency Trauma and Care. Elsevier: Sydney.
Arbon P, Cusack L, Ranse J, Shaban R Z, Considine J, Mitchell B, Hammad K, Bahnisch L. Kako M, Woodman R.(2011).Willingness Study Understanding the willingness of Australian emergency nurses to respond to a health care disaster. Flinders University, Adelaide.
Felemban O, St John W, Shaban RZ. Hand hygiene practices of home visiting community nurses: Perceptions, compliance, techniques, and contextual factors of practice using the World Health Organization’s Five Moments for Hand Hygiene. Home Healthcare Nurse. Accepted 27 October, 2011. In press.
Barratt, R., Shaban RZ, and Moyle, W. (Accepted July, 2011). Patient experience of source isolation: Lessons for clinical practice. Contemporary Nurse.
Considine J, Shaban RZ, Patrick J, Holzhauser K, Aitken P, Clark MJ, Fielding E, FitzGerald GJ. (Accepted 25 May 2011). Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in Australia: Absenteeism and redeployment of emergency medicine and nursing staff. Emergency Medicine Australasia. In Press.
Stakelroth, J. & Shaban, R. Z. (2011). The challenges of implementing a national hand hygiene initiative in rural and remote health areas - Is it time for a new approach to auditing? Healthcare Infections, Vol 16(1), p.127-132.
Shaban, R. Z. and Rebmann, T. (2011). Communicable disease and infection control in emergency care. In Curtis, K. & Ramsden, C. Emergency Trauma and Care. Elsevier: Sydney.
Shaban, R.Z & Kralik, D. (2011). Chapter 5 - Clinical Governance. In Community Nursing Practice. John Wiley: Brisbane.
Shaban R.Z. & Purcell, C. (2011). Anus, Rectum and Prostate. In Lewis, P & Foley. H. Weber & Kelley Health Assessment. In Press. Lipponcott Williams & Wilkins
Patrick, J., Shaban, R. Z. & FitzGerald, G. J. (2011). Influenza: Critique of the contemporary challenges for pandemic planning, prevention, control, and treatment in emergency health services. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. 14(2).
Barratt, R., Shaban RZ, and Moyle, W. (2010). Behind barriers: patients' perceptions of source isolation for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (Impact Factor 0.59)
McCarthy, A. Shaban, R. Z., Boys. J, & Winch, S. (2010). Compliance, normality, and the peritoneal dialysis patient. Nurse Nephrology Journal.
McCarthy, A. Shaban, R. Z. & Fairweather, C. (2010). Compliance and peritoneal dialysis: Lessons from the literature. Renal Society Journal of Australasia.
McCarthy, A., Stone, C. and Shaban R. Z. (2010). Fa’afaletui: A framework for the promotion of renal health in an Australian Samoan community. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Impact factor 1.00. (ERA - A*)
FitzGerald GJ, Patrick JR, Fielding E, Shaban R, Arbon P, Aitken P, Considine J, Clark M, Finucane, J, McCarthy S, Cloughessy L, Holzhauser K. (2010). H1N1 Influenza 2009 outbreak in Australia: Impact on Emergency departments. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
Sinnott, M. and Shaban, R. Z. (2010). Scalpel safety not Safety Scalpel. Perioperative Nursing Clinics. Vol 5. Issue 1. p59-69.
Shaban, R. Z. (2009). Paramedics and the mentally ill. In Grbich, C. & O’Meara, P. Paramedics in Australia: Contemporary Challenges. Pearson Education: Sydney.
Shaban, R. Z. (2008). Infection Control and Prevention in Community Settings. In Van Loon, A. and Kralik, D. (Eds) Community Nursing in Australia. Blackwell-Synergy, Oxford.
Shaban, R. Z. and Henderson, B. C. (2008). Practice Standards for Community Infection Control and Prevention. In Towbridge, K. and Kralik, D. (Eds) Community Nursing in Australia: A Practice Manual. Blackwell-Synergy, Oxford.
McCarthy, A., Cook, P., Shaban R. Z, Fairweather, C., and Martin-McDonald, K. (2009). Compliance in peritoneal dialysis: A qualitative study of renal nurses. International Journal of Nursing Practice . Volume 15, 219-226. Impact factor 1.263. (ERA - A).
St. John. W. Shaban, R. Z. (2007). Chapter 18: Self management and professional development in community practice. In St. John, W. Keleher, H. (Eds) Community Nursing Practice. Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Ryan, C., Shaban, R. Z., & St John, W. (2007). Chapter 17: Working in a community-based organization. Community Nursing Practice. Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Shaban, R. Z. (2006) Paramedic knowledge of infection control principles and standards in an Australian emergency medical system (EMS). Australian Infection Control. Vol 11, p13-19. (ERA - B).
Shaban, R. Z. (2006) Paramedics’ clinical judgment and mental health assessments in emergency contexts: Research, practice, and tools of the trade. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, Volume 4(2), 6-10.
Shaban, R. Z. (2005) Paramedic clinical judgment of mental illness: Representations of official accounts. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. Volume 3, Issue 4.
Shaban, R. Z. (2005) Accounting for assessment of mental illness in paramedic practice: a theoretical framework for inquiry into accounts of paramedic judgment and decision-making. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. Volume 3, Issue 3.
Shaban, R. Z. (2005) Theories of judgment and decision-making: a review of the theoretical literature. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. Volume 3, Issue 1-2.
Shaban, R. Z, Creedy, D. K. & Clark, M. J. (2004). Management of sharps in ambulance care: A state-wide survey of paramedic knowledge and reported practice. Australian Infection Control. Volume 8, Issue 4, p.120-125. (ERA - B)
Shaban, R. Z. (2004). Mental health and mental illness in paramedic practice: A warrant for research and inquiry into accounts of paramedic clinical judgment and decision-making. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. Volume 2, Issue 3-9.
Shaban, R. Z. Wyatt-Smith, C. M., & Cumming, J. J. (2004) Uncertainty, Error and Uncertainty in Human Clinical Judgment: Introductory Theoretical Frameworks in Paramedic Practice. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. Volume 2. Issue 1-2.
Shaban, R. Z., Creedy, D. K., & Clark, M. J. (2003). Paramedic knowledge of infectious disease aetiology and transmission in an Australian Emergency Medical System. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. Volume 1. Issue 3-4.

Select Recent Community Service

Editor-in-Chief, Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Associate Editor, Healthcare Infection
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital
Member, National Consultative Steering Committee, Australian Infection Control Association
Member, Australian Infection Control Association Credentialing Committee
Member, Expert Reference Group, Infection Prevention and Control, Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Member, National Health and Medical Research Council TRIP Fellowship Panel
Member, National Health and Medical Research Council National Institute for Clinical Studies Emergency Care Pain Management Initiative Committee

Recent Grants

Powrie, D., Underwood, M., Shaban R, McCann A, Moran P, Cohen T, Haluska B. (2010). Evaluation of Therapeutic Subclavian Arterial Compression (TSAC): A novel technique for peripheral vascular stasis. Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation. $15,652.
Shaban R, Holzhauser K. (2010). Characteristics of effective interventions supporting quality pain management in Australian emergency departments: An exploratory study. National Health and Medical Research Council. $10,575.
Sinnott M, Starmer T, Shaban R and Donegan E. (2009). Blind prescribing’ in the emergency department. Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation. $15,200.
Ranse, J. Arbon, P., Considine, J., Shaban, R. Mitchell, B and Lenson S. (2009). Disaster content of post-graduate emergency nursing programs in Australia. Ben Morley Scholarship, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia. $1500.
Shaban R and Sloan T. (2009). Alcohol-based hand rubs for preoperative hand antisepsis in the operating theatre in Australia: An exploratory study. Covidien 2009 Infection Control Research Scholarship. $5,000.
Arbon P, Ranse J, Considine J, Shaban R, & Mitchell B. Cusack L, Kako M, (2009). Understanding the willingness of emergency nurses to respond to a health care disaster. School of Nursing and Midwifery Industry Partnership Research Grants 2009. Flinders University Faculty of Health Sciences. $38,000
FitzGerald G. J., Shaban R. Z., Arbon P., Aitken P., Considine J., Clark M. J. (2009). Emergency Department impact and patient profile of H1N1 Influenza 09 outbreak in Australia: A national survey. National Health and Medical Research Council. $106,136
McCarthy A, Van Kuilenburg R, Shaban R. (2009). Systematic review: Enhancing nurses’ compliance with infection control guidelines for the management of central venous access devices in oncology and haematology patients. PAH Nursing Practice Development Unit. $4,950
Sinnott M, Shaban R, Livesay G. (2009). Placement of hand lotions influencing hand hygiene compliance in the emergency department. Qld Emergency Medicine Research Foundation. $ 17,000.
McCarthy A, Shaban R, Britland M, Vick J, Hurst C, Ryan J, Watson C. (2009). Cryotherapy for docetaxel-induced nail toxicities: Case control study. Princess Alexandra Hospital Foundation Private Practice Grants. $ 81,312.
Holzhauser K, Shaban R, Hammond E, Crilly J, Fitzgerald GJ, Tippett V, Eeles D, Finucane J, Collier J. (2009). Impact of “Ambulance Ramping" on patient outcomes within the Southern Area Health Service and Queensland Ambulance Service. Australian e-Health Research Centre.$ 25,000 (in-kind).
Shaban R, Wall D., Newman, F. (2009). TIPS – Teaching Innovative Procedural Skills. Qld Medical Device Research Initiative. $ 50,000.
Shaban R, Thomas P, Newman F. (2009). SISTER – Syringe Identification Syringe Identification: the Simplest Technique for Error Reduction. Qld Medical Device Research Initiative $ 50,000.
Sinnott M, Shaban R, Devereux J. (2008). Regulatory systems for occupational exposures in emergency health care: Contemporary challenges for the emergency physician in prevention, control, and management. Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation. $ 50,000.
Shaban R, Rose E, Holzhauser K, Fitzgerald G, Finucane J, Crilly J, Eeles D, Tippet V. (2008). The effects of emergency department ambulance ramping on patient outcomes and ambulance services. Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation. $ 4,953.
Shaban R , Rose E, Holzhauser K, Fitzgerald G, Finucane J, Crilly J, Eeles D, Tippet V. (2008). The effects of emergency department ambulance ramping on patient outcomes and ambulance services. Queensland Ambulance Service Research Grant. $ 10,000.
Rose E, Shaban R, Holzhauser K, Fitzgerald G, Finucane J, Crilly J, Eeles D, Tippet V. (2008). An exploratory study to examine the phenomenon and practice of ’ramping’ at hospitals within the SAHS and Queensland ambulance services Queensland Health Nursing and Midwifery Grants. $ 9,583.
McCarthy A, Yates P, Winch S, Shaban R, Brunelli V and Clavarino A. (2008). Prevalence and determinants of health promotion and risk-reduction practices of female survivors of breast cancer. Queensland Nursing Council. $ 24,225.

Biographical information

Dr Ramon Shaban is Postgraduate Programs Convenor within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Senior Research Fellow (Infection Control and Infectious Diseases) within the Griffith Health Institute at Griffith University and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He has particular interests and expertise in infection control and prevention in emergency and primary health care settings. Ramon is a Credentialed Infection Control Practitioner (CICP), and has more than 70 scholarly publications. He has attracted over $650,000 in competitive and strategic research funding. Ramon is a Clinical Research Leader with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) National Institute of Clinical Studies in Australia, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal.

Professional memberships

Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control
Australian Infection Control Association
Association for Professionals in Infection Control
College for Emergency Nursing Australasia
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
World Association of Medical Editors
Emergency Nursing Association (USA)
Royal College of Nursing Australia