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Hi Matt
We use a procedure trolley for dressings in our residential aged care facilities. The trolleys are stored in the treatment room, cleaned and set up for a procedure as needed. The registered nurse usually does the procedures in the Drs room.
We completed our accreditation earlier this year with no issues highlighted regarding this practice.
Kind regards
Liza Smith
Infection Control Consultant
Kingston Centre
Monash Medical Centre
Clayton
liza.smith@southernhealth.org.au
Hi Matt,
I find this quite odd. We use procedure trolleys with sharps containers and ABHR attached in our residential aged care facilities. These procedure trolleys are stored in utility rooms when not in use. They are not stored in the resident’s rooms. This has never been raised at accreditation as being an issue. Indeed I would have concerns if the facility did not use procedure trolleys.
Kind regards.
John Greenough | Infection Control Consultant
St Vincent’s | 41 Victoria Parade Fitzroy VIC 3065
t: +61 3 9288 4704 | f: +61 3 9288 4068 | http://www.svhm.org.au
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Hi All,
It has been suggested to me that dressing trolleys should not be used in aged care facilities as this reduces the homely nature of the facility and can put the facility at risk in relation to their accreditation. Instead the facility wants to use the bedside table or bed to lay out the sterile field. I have a number of concerns about this, both from an OH&S and infection prevention point of view. Has anyone else come across this argument before?
Cheers Matt
Matt Mason
RN, BNSci, Grad Dip (Remote Health), M Rural Health, M Adv Prac (Inf Cont), CICP
Lecturer/Campus Co-ordinator
School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition
James Cook University
Thursday Island
Qld, 4875
Australia
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