Services starting with I

Individual Targeted Intervention

Provision of Alcohol and Drug interventions on a one to one basis. Conducted by nursing, allied health (social workers, psychologists) or outreach clincians with specialist AOD training. Limited to a set number of planned sessions/contacts (up to 6) with specific client goals. Suitable for people...

Infection Prevention Service

The Infection Prevention Service (IPS) provides Barwon Health with a comprehensive Infection Prevention Program. Qualified Clinical Nurse Consultants are based at Geelong Hospital (2.5EFT), McKellar Centre (1EFT) and Community and Mental Health (0.4EFT). A Hand Hygiene Project person is employed ...

Infectious Diseases Clinic

The Refugee Health Clinic at Barwon Health runs each Tuesday morning in conjunction with the Infectious Diseases Clinic.Children under 18 are seen in the Paediatric Refugee Health Clinic every Tuesday. Refugees attend the clinic through GP referral for assessment, treatment and ongoing management...

Intake, linkage and single session program

Specialist AOD clincians provide an initial phone screening assessment to assist people work out what services they require. This may additionally include a single session to provide education, advice or linkage with other relevant services such as GPs and counselling or referral for specialist a...

Intensive Care Unit

The Geelong Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a level III, adult, mixed medical, surgical and cardiothoracic ICU. Since 2010 it has also become a level II Paediatric ICU, and an ELSO (extra-corporeal life support) centre. It is the only level III ICU in the Barwon South Western region, and is...