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Hi everyone,
During maintenance if OT light, a holding spring broke with light hitting ceiling and damaging the ceiling yesterday. A Zip wall was put up immediately to prevent further dust contamination from ceiling and equipment was cleaned covered and/or removed. The hole has been repaired and painted.
Are you able to give advice on whether air testing is required prior to recommissioning the Operating Theatre after an incident like this? I note that there no nationally agreed standards on when to undertake microbiological air sampling in the operating theatre, or on the interpretation of sampling results. There is however reasonable evidence for air sampling when commissioning a new operating theatre.
Can you let me know your thoughts.
thanks
Cate Coffey | Clinical Nurse Consultant
Infection Prevention and Control Unit | Central Australia Health Service
Northern Territory Government
Alice Springs Hopsital, Gap Rd, Alice Springs
GPO Box 2234, Suburb, NT Postcode
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Hi Cate
In my view I wouldn’t be recommending air sampling for the ceiling breach you have outlined. If there were a breach of the air handling system (eg duct work, changes of the HEPA filter box (except for routine filter changes), etc), we would request air sampling, to demonstrate the system was again providing appropriately filtered air. But in your incident, the air handling system remains unchanged. Yes, so debris would have entered the OT from the ceiling when it was breached, but provided you allowed an appropriate period of time for full air changes to occur after repair of the breach and you physically cleaned all surfaces to remove any debris, the risk of continuing air contamination is pretty small.
It would still be great to have a better national guide to performing air sampling, but no-one seems to be interested.
Cheers
MichaelMichael Wishart, CICP-E
Infection Control CoordinatorA 627 Rode Road, Chermside QLD 4032
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During maintenance if OT light, a holding spring broke with light hitting ceiling and damaging the ceiling yesterday. A Zip wall was put up immediately to prevent further dust contamination from ceiling and equipment was cleaned covered and/or removed. The hole has been repaired and painted.
Are you able to give advice on whether air testing is required prior to recommissioning the Operating Theatre after an incident like this? I note that there no nationally agreed standards on when to undertake microbiological air sampling in the operating theatre, or on the interpretation of sampling results. There is however reasonable evidence for air sampling when commissioning a new operating theatre.
Can you let me know your thoughts.
thanks
Cate Coffey | Clinical Nurse Consultant
Infection Prevention and Control Unit | Central Australia Health Service
Northern Territory Government
Alice Springs Hopsital, Gap Rd, Alice Springs
GPO Box 2234, Suburb, NT Postcode
p … 08 89517737
e … cate.coffey@nt.gov.au http://www.nt.gov.au/healthOur Vision: Better health outcomes for all Central Australians
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Hi Cate,
We would do a terminal clean after the work is completed but not air sample, as long as there was no involvement with the air conditioning and air changes are adequate.
Kind regardsJayne O’Connor RN ,BSc.,Inf.Cont
IPC Co-Ordinator
Sydney Adventist Hospital | 185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, NSW 2076p: +61 2 9487 9732 | f: +61 2 9473 8052 | m: +61 0406 752685 | e: jayne.oconnor@sah.org.au
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Hi everyone,
During maintenance if OT light, a holding spring broke with light hitting ceiling and damaging the ceiling yesterday. A Zip wall was put up immediately to prevent further dust contamination from ceiling and equipment was cleaned covered and/or removed. The hole has been repaired and painted.
Are you able to give advice on whether air testing is required prior to recommissioning the Operating Theatre after an incident like this? I note that there no nationally agreed standards on when to undertake microbiological air sampling in the operating theatre, or on the interpretation of sampling results. There is however reasonable evidence for air sampling when commissioning a new operating theatre.
Can you let me know your thoughts.
thanks
Cate Coffey | Clinical Nurse Consultant
Infection Prevention and Control Unit | Central Australia Health Service
Northern Territory Government
Alice Springs Hopsital, Gap Rd, Alice Springs
GPO Box 2234, Suburb, NT Postcode
p … 08 89517737
e … cate.coffey@nt.gov.au http://www.nt.gov.au/healthOur Vision: Better health outcomes for all Central Australians
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Generally there are no recommendations to carry out air sampling to cover this scenario mentioned here.
Kind RegardsNayel Altarawneh,CIC,EICCQATARHamad Medical Corporation
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Hi Cate,
We would do a terminal clean after the work is completed but not air sample, as long as there was no involvement with the air conditioning and air changes are adequate.
Kind regardsJayne O’Connor RN ,BSc.,Inf.Cont
IPC Co-Ordinator
Sydney Adventist Hospital | 185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, NSW 2076p: +61 2 9487 9732| f:+612 9473 8052| m: +61 0406 752685 | e: jayne.oconnor@sah.org.au
http://www.sah.org.auHi everyone,
During maintenance if OT light, a holding spring broke with light hitting ceiling and damaging the ceiling yesterday. A Zip wall was put up immediately to prevent further dust contamination from ceiling and equipment was cleaned covered and/or removed. The hole has been repaired and painted.
Are you able to give advice on whether air testing is required prior to recommissioning the Operating Theatre after an incident like this? I note that there no nationally agreed standards on when to undertake microbiological air sampling in the operating theatre, or on the interpretation of sampling results. There is however reasonable evidence for air sampling when commissioning a new operating theatre.
Can you let me know your thoughts.
thanks
Cate Coffey |Clinical Nurse Consultant
Infection Prevention and Control Unit | Central Australia Health Service
Northern Territory Government
Alice Springs Hopsital, Gap Rd, Alice Springs
GPO Box 2234, Suburb, NT Postcode
p … 08 89517737
e …cate.coffey@nt.gov.auwww.nt.gov.au/healthOur Vision:Better health outcomes for all Central Australians
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