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My question is bidet or bidette? A bidet has water circulated by a jet within the bath under the patient or a bidette which does have a spray that is directed at the patients nether region but then water goes into the bowl under the patient. In the first instant the patient position would limit the spray and in the second as the water falls to the bath only those in the immediate area would possibly get some mist. In both cases the water leaves via a plug system similar to bath or handbasin. The spray risk would be similar to a bath.
Christine Dufty
Infection Control Manager
West Wimmera Health Service
Hi Ruth,
I imagine the risk of contamination in toilet/anteroom facilities with bidets would be similar to the risks associated with the use of sprayers (also called aerated spray wands) in patient toilet facilities?
In terms of the sprayers/wands these are hoses with a nozzle which are installed at the back of the toilet and used to rinse out bed pans in the toilet bowl in anteroom toilet/shower facilities (single/multi-bed rooms) and in “hoppers” (wall-mounted sinks, with deep basins, large drains, and a spray arm that flush like a toilet) in dirty utility rooms (see attached an embedded images).
While they are not very common in Australian healthcare facilities for patient toilets sprayers/wands seem to be more common in parts of Canada and the US (mentioned in some of Carlings publications) and have contributed in outbreaks of C.difficile in Canada – Preliminary Findings with C.difficile Outbreak in Cape Breton District Health Authority (CBDHA), 21 April 2011, Department of Health and Wellness, Nova Scotia – attached.
A June 2009 Quebec report (Comparative Analysis of Bedpan Processing Equipment) by the Agence d’valuation des technologies et des modes d’intervention en sant (AETMIS now INESSS) recommended that “staff must not empty bedpans into sinks or toilets and must no longer use spray wands”. The report includes options in terms of appropriate reprocessing methods for bed pans and a cost analysis of each option – see link.
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With this at risk population (oncology) you would need an assurance that the toilet seat and surrounding area did not become contaminated during use with the bidet water (which will be contaminated with faecal and other contaminants).
Glenys Harrington
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Has anyone had to consider the installation of bidets from an IPC perspective. We are planning a brand new surgical wing and our Oncology department want to install for patients with anal fissures and other medical conditions. There are documented health benefits but I wondered about any water or other contamination issues? I notice that the Australian IPC Guidelines include a cleaning regime for bidets so I am assuming that in principle they are acceptable.
Regards
Ruth
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