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Hi Matt,
What constitutes a home like environment?
Have the people who suggested “that dressing trolleys should not be used in aged care facilities as this reduces the homely nature of the facility” ever cared for an ageing relative
with care needs at home?
Lavina L’Hotellier
IP&C
Orbost Regional Health
Victoria
Australia
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Sony aged care facilities that I visit use detergent to clean dressing trolleys before and after each use.
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Dear All,
In HONG KONG, we are also preparing for hospital accreditation program by following the AUS standards.
As regards the disinfection of dressing trolleys practices, the auditors do not allow us using alcohol solution to disinfect it. However, it seems relevant requirement is not available in the accreditation manual. Hence, we would like to know the prevailing practices for disinfection of dressing trolley in Aus.
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Sony SO
Nursing Officer, Infection Control Team
Kwong Wah Hospital
HONG KONG SAR, CHINA
Tel:+ 852 3517-2409 Fax: +852 2332-3348 email:sony@ha.org.hk
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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
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
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School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition
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