Re: Drive thru COVID-19 Clinic

22/10/2020 at 3:38 pm #77454

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Author:
Susan Marquez

Email:
Susan.Marquez@SJOG.ORG.AU

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c/o St John of God Berwick Hospital

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Theres also the one-liner from the DoH (Coronavirus: Environmental Cleaning ) document,
as attached, on page 3! However, no evidence quoted.

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Hi Glenys
Please see attached information re information for care workers in covid. This document includes information around car air conditioning which might be of some help to your question.
Regards

Felicity Hill
Quality and Compliance Manager

Level 2 Century Corporate Centre,
62 Norwest Boulevard, Norwest NSW 2153
PO Box 284, Castle Hill NSW 1765
T: 0417048794

E: felicity.hill@anglicare.org.au

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Hi All,

What is the evidence for car AC on fresh air or recycled?

None that I have seen in terms of COVID-19 transmission but happy to be corrected.

Glenys

Glenys Harrington
Consultant
Infection Control Consultancy (ICC)
P.O. Box 6385
Melbourne
Australia, 3004
M: +61 404816434
E: infexion@ozemail.com.au

Hi Cate,

If they drive with ac on fresh air, have their surgical mask on and just roll the window down for the test and back up when finished and go.
I know we have told patients to sit in the back of the car, surgical mask on with the window open, driver side window open and the AC on fresh air (which works okay on normal days, chilly for winter and not tolerable on a hot day). Allows for airflow through the car when driving.
Its more important that the staff are wearing the correct PPE and distance when undertaking the testing. Plus their exposure time is significantly short.

Kind Regards

Marija Juraja |Nurse Unit Manager CALHN Infection Prevention & Control Unit|
Specialty Medicine 2 RN, GCNS Inf Ctrl, CICP-E)
t: +61 8 7074 2810 (RAH) 8222 7588 (TQEH)| M: 0466 379 821|e:marija.juraja@sa.gov.au |
Adjunct Clinical Lecturer | University of South Australia | Horizon Hospital and Health Service
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Nurses and midwives: clean care is in your hands

HI everyone
Could you let me know what advice you give to members of the public waiting in their car for a COVID-19 test? Do you advise them to have windows up with A/C on fresh air or recycled air? The temp has been in the 40s here so A/C is essential.
There seems to be 2 differing opinions. Our policy when transporting patients with active TB apart from PPE is to drive with windows down if possible and A/C on fresh air. I support windows up with COVID-19 but am confused about the A/C on recycled.
Any thoughts on his big pressing issue- ha ha
Regards
Cate Coffey
RN BaAScN MPH&TM Grad Cert Infection Control Nursing
Clinical Nurse Manager

Central Australia Health Service
Department of Health
Northern Territory Government

Infection Prevention and Control Unit
Alice Springs Hospital
PO Box 2234, Alice Springs, NT 0871
cate.coffey@nt.gov.au

t. 08 8951 7737
http://www.health.nt.gov.au

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