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Hello,
I have recently moved the ABHR from wall mounted near the door of patient rooms to attached to the frame of bed, in line with CHRISP guidelines. I have also added additional ABHR at entrance to patient room door in an effort to increase hand hygiene compliance. This seems to have worked. Maternity manager is complaining that there is a risk to visiting children in that ward. Risk assessment was done prior to moving the ABHR with workplace health and safety and we also consulted the hand hygiene generic risk assessment. We found the risk to be low. I have spoken with other maternity wards in other hospitals where they have ABHR attached to the frame of beds without any issues. Has anyone else had any problems or incidents involving paediatric visitors? There are paediatric visitors to every ward of the hospital not just maternity, no incidents have been reported in them either.
Any advice/input would be much appreciated.Kind Regards,
Donna Goltz
Infection Control Coordinator
Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton
Ward Street, ROCKHAMPTON QLD 4700
T: 07 49313420 |Email: dgoltz@mercycq.com | http://www.mercycq.com
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Hi Donna,
Our maternity unit has had no issues with the gel at the end of the bed.
As there is the expectation and information in the antenatal period that visiting children should be under the supervision of an adult at all times.
If you get a particularly tenacious 2 year old that won’t leave the hand gel alone, the gel can be temporarily removed from the bracket until the child leaves.Janine
Janine Brook
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I have recently moved the ABHR from wall mounted near the door of patient rooms to attached to the frame of bed, in line with CHRISP guidelines. I have also added additional ABHR at entrance to patient room door in an effort to increase hand hygiene compliance. This seems to have worked. Maternity manager is complaining that there is a risk to visiting children in that ward. Risk assessment was done prior to moving the ABHR with workplace health and safety and we also consulted the hand hygiene generic risk assessment. We found the risk to be low. I have spoken with other maternity wards in other hospitals where they have ABHR attached to the frame of beds without any issues. Has anyone else had any problems or incidents involving paediatric visitors? There are paediatric visitors to every ward of the hospital not just maternity, no incidents have been reported in them either.
Any advice/input would be much appreciated.Kind Regards,
Donna Goltz
Infection Control Coordinator
Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton
Ward Street, ROCKHAMPTON QLD 4700
T: 07 49313420 |Email: dgoltz@mercycq.com | http://www.mercycq.com
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Hi Donna
We had a similar issue with our maternity manager. Like you a risk assessment was conducted and the risk was low. We have continued with the ABHR at the bed and at the doorway.
It is an expectation, that the children visiting ANY ward are supervised by an adult.
We have not had any reports of incidents.
We also have one at our front foyer that is low enough for adults in wheelchairs, and children to use.
It is my most used ABHR by the public, and when we introduced it, was very well received by people with children, and the fact that it encourages good hand hygiene from such a young age
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Hello,
I have recently moved the ABHR from wall mounted near the door of patient rooms to attached to the frame of bed, in line with CHRISP guidelines. I have also added additional ABHR at entrance to patient room door in an effort to increase hand hygiene compliance. This seems to have worked. Maternity manager is complaining that there is a risk to visiting children in that ward. Risk assessment was done prior to moving the ABHR with workplace health and safety and we also consulted the hand hygiene generic risk assessment. We found the risk to be low. I have spoken with other maternity wards in other hospitals where they have ABHR attached to the frame of beds without any issues. Has anyone else had any problems or incidents involving paediatric visitors? There are paediatric visitors to every ward of the hospital not just maternity, no incidents have been reported in them either.
Any advice/input would be much appreciated.Kind Regards,
Donna Goltz
Infection Control Coordinator
Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton
Ward Street, ROCKHAMPTON QLD 4700
T: 07 49313420 |Email: dgoltz@mercycq.com | http://www.mercycq.com
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A case report of acute ethanol toxicity in a pre-school child who ingested ABHR at home may be of interest to this discussion – Barrett, M.J. & Babl, F.E, ‘Alcohol-based hand sanitiser: a potentially fatal toy’, Medical Journal of Australia, 203(1), 6 July 2015.
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Principal Adviser (Occupational Health)
Asbestos and Occupational Hygiene and Health Unit
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland / Electrical Safety Office
Office of Industrial Relations | Queensland TreasuryHello,
I have recently moved the ABHR from wall mounted near the door of patient rooms to attached to the frame of bed, in line with CHRISP guidelines. I have also added additional ABHR at entrance to patient room door in an effort to increase hand hygiene compliance. This seems to have worked. Maternity manager is complaining that there is a risk to visiting children in that ward. Risk assessment was done prior to moving the ABHR with workplace health and safety and we also consulted the hand hygiene generic risk assessment. We found the risk to be low. I have spoken with other maternity wards in other hospitals where they have ABHR attached to the frame of beds without any issues. Has anyone else had any problems or incidents involving paediatric visitors? There are paediatric visitors to every ward of the hospital not just maternity, no incidents have been reported in them either.
Any advice/input would be much appreciated.Kind Regards,
Donna Goltz
Infection Control Coordinator
Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton
Ward Street, ROCKHAMPTON QLD 4700
T: 07 49313420 |Email: dgoltz@mercycq.com | http://www.mercycq.com
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