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Hi Sue,
My experience with these types of taps:
a) impatient staff noted to contaminate their hands by touching the sensor
repeatedly during hand washing
b) temperature cannot be modified (% cold/warm)
c) hospital engineers did not like them as they had higher maintenance
requirements than elbow taps
regards
Glenys
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Of Lee, Rosie
Hello
We also had them in our ICU in 2002 (installed without real consultation
with IC) and have had issues with it. An outbreak of MRPA in our ICU
identified the source to be these taps following literature search
indicating the issues as outlined by Sue. This was confirmed by typing.
We did not publish but presented this at the National Conference. We have
had to implement monthly thermal heating & disinfection since.
I don’t support these taps unless there are newer better products which
addresses the issues and you have a good maintenance program in place.
However as already mentioned, this is costly and not monitored effectively.
Regards
Rosie
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Coordinator – Infection Prevention & Management
SMH Service – Royal Perth Hospital
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Sue,
We had them in our old ICU before moving into our bigger, new facility.
They failed regularly and were a major inconvenience when not working.
Seriously, consider the normal long handled (elbow-control) taps and
handles.
Power failures are also problematic.
T..
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Dear All
Here at the Royal Hobart Hospital we are in the detailed design stage of our
major redevelopment project, and we are currently investigating the pros and
cons of the electronic sensor taps for our clinical hand basins. I have
undertaken a literature search and it appears that some facilities that have
installed the newer sensor taps, as an infection prevention and control
improvement activity, are now removing them and returning to the more
traditional elbow taps.
The literature suggests that the complexity of the internal workings of the
electronic tap and the lower dynamic water flow, could contribute to the
higher level of legionella and other waterborne bacteria found by some
studies.
I am very interested to hear from facilities within Australia, regarding
what type of tap ware has been installed within newly refurbished areas or
new construction projects.
Kind Regards
Sue Draycott
Infection Control Manager
Redevelopment RHH and CCC Services
Southern Tasmania Area Health Service
Level 9, A Block, Royal Hobart Hospital
Liverpool Street
Hobart, 7000
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