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Hi
This came out from Victoria – not sure if this is of any assistance
Regards
Felicity
Hi Vanessa
We are not in Victoria so it might be different
Any resident with respiratory symptoms waiting a COVD swab result is under transmission based precautions
All PPE waste is disposed of in general waste as per the CDNA Guidelines (although I have not checked the latest version to see if this has changed)
Regards
Robyn
[http://www.helpinghand.org.au/hhsig.png]Robyn Russell
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Dear All
We are having a lot of discussion at our Residential Aged Care Facility about waste management in the above scenario.
Currently we are of course isolating every resident who has signs/symptoms of COVID. We are also isolating any resident who has been to the ED or admitted into hospital for a non-covid related illness on their return who are asymptomatic – just in case.
What we can’t agree on is how to manage the waste.
The guidelines clearly state, any waste produced by a suspect case MUST be treated as potentially infectious. But it doesn’t say how to manage waste if we are just being over cautious.
The problem stems from, lack of storage space of clinical waste waiting for collection in a non-outbreak situation and of course the cost of treating waste as clinical waste when it may not end up being clinical waste once we have confirmation that our returned resident DOES NOT have COVID post receipt of swab results on day 1 and day 5.
Wondering what other Aged Care Facilities are doing when being cautious. Of course, all true clinical waste is disposed of appropriately. My question is about what might not be clinical waste in the interim.
Many thanks to everyone.
Vanessa Watkins
Quality Manager
Donwood Community & Aged Care
Croydon, Victoria
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