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Hi
Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the gloves with alcohol hand rub – rather than removing the gloves and performing hand hygiene?Thanks
Joe
Joe-anne Bendall
Infection Prevention and Control CNC
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
8 Macquarie St
Sydney 2000joeanne.bendall@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
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Hi Joe
I have rarely seen HCWs who use alcohol hand rub / gel on their gloved hands, similar to HCWs who wash gloved hands with soap and water. Obviously both are practices to be strongly discouraged, as per the Australian Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare B1.2.5.
Cheers
MichaelMichael Wishart
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Subject: Alcohol Hand Gel and GlovesHi
Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the gloves with alcohol hand rub rather than removing the gloves and performing hand hygiene?Thanks
Joe
Joe-anne Bendall
Infection Prevention and Control CNC
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
8 Macquarie St
Sydney 2000Phone: 93827199
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Hi Joe,
I have not seen it myself but have had it reported to me and I have had staff ask me if they can do this. Obviously the answer was NO!
Kind Regards,
Fiona De Sousa
Infection Prevention & Control Coordinator
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Fiona.Desousa@sah.org.au
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________________________________Hi
Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the gloves with alcohol hand rub – rather than removing the gloves and performing hand hygiene?Thanks
Joe
Joe-anne Bendall
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Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
8 Macquarie St
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Hi Joe
I have seen staff doing this in my previous role as an ICP. When you
attempt to reason with them regarding this they can not see that the
alcohol hand rub is designed to clean their hands not gloves.I have also had to have discussions with staff re using the alcohol hand
rub to clean equipment.Janet
Project Officer
Intensive Care Best Practice Project
NaMO / ICCMU
NSW Healthpreviously worked as an RN in Infection Prevention
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Hi Joe
I have not seen the alcohol hand rub being used but have seen someone
wash their gloved hands with soap and water. Like Fiona the answer was a
big NO!
Kind regards
MaryMary Willimann I Clinical Nurse Consultant – Infection Prevention &
Control I St John of God Subiaco Hospital
Level 3, 12 Salvado Road SUBIACO WA 6008
P: 08 9382 6220 F: 08 9382 6785 E: mary.willimann@sjog.org.au>>> Fiona de Sousa 4/10/2012 11:47 AM >>>
Hi Joe,
I have not seen it myself but have had it reported to me and I have had
staff ask me if they can do this. Obviously the answer was NO!
Kind Regards,Fiona De Sousa
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Sydney Adventist Hospital
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Hi
Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the
gloves with alcohol hand rub rather than removing the gloves and
performing hand hygiene?Thanks
JoeJoe-anne Bendall
Infection Prevention and Control CNC
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
8 Macquarie St
Sydney 2000
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No!
Suzy Rogers
Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Specialist
Midwest Region
Northern and Remote Country Health Service
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Hi
Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the
gloves with alcohol hand rub – rather than removing the gloves and
performing hand hygiene?Thanks
Joe
Joe-anne Bendall
Infection Prevention and Control CNC
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
8 Macquarie St
Sydney 2000
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Hi Joe,
We have not seen such practice.
Sony SO
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________________________________Hi
Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the gloves with alcohol hand rub – rather than removing the gloves and performing hand hygiene?Thanks
Joe
Joe-anne Bendall
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Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
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Sydney 2000joeanne.bendall@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
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I have many years back in another healthcare facility as I’d worked on
an ID ward for a good couple of years and PPE usage was rife with the
many patients on isolation, Joe.
Boils down to knowledge deficit as these gloves will breakdown with
prolonged usage… have seen caregivers walking around with gloves
showing tiny tears as a result of shear forces or worse still, rips at
the finger tips due to long nails, all this after patient contact.
So if anyone’s gelling or washing these gloves out of convenience to
“comply” with the 5 Moments, they’re truly not helping anyone (this
practice effectively ceased through inservice education at the other
healthcare facility).
Wasn’t there an old study done to prove that the gloves aren’t 100%
hole-proof and “juice” extracts taken after contact with VRE patients
did isolate VRE (or some other pathogen) on culture plates?
Regards,
GeraldGerald Chan
Coordinator Infection ControlSt John of God Murdoch Hospital
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>>> Joe-Anne Bendall
4/10/2012 11:14 AM >>>Hi
Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the
gloves with alcohol hand rub rather than removing the gloves and
performing hand hygiene?Thanks
JoeJoe-anne Bendall
Infection Prevention and Control CNC
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
8 Macquarie St
Sydney 2000
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Hi Joe,
I have seen this practice and have actively discouraged it continuing, it
is often related to users wearing gloves inappropriately so looking at
glove use may also assist with resolving the problem, It is specifically
discouraged in the national infection control guidelines and also by Hand
Hygiene Australia
Regards,
SueSue Greig
Senior Project Officer
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
GPO Box 5480 Sydney NSW 2001 | Level 7, 1 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst NSW
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Alcohol Hand Gel and Gloves [SEC=No Protective Marking]Hi
Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the gloves
with alcohol hand rub rather than removing the gloves and performing
hand hygiene?Thanks
Joe
Joe-anne Bendall
Infection Prevention and Control CNC
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
8 Macquarie St
Sydney 2000Phone: 93827199
Mobile: 0418984255
Fax: 93827510
Page: 21552joeanne.bendall@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
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Hi Joe,
I have seen this practice and have actively
discouraged it continuing, it is often related to users wearing gloves
inappropriately so looking at glove use may also assist with resolving
the problem, It is specifically discouraged in the national infection control
guidelines and also by Hand Hygiene Australia
Regards,
Sue
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Senior Project
Officer
Australian
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Protective Marking]Hi
Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves
and then cleaning the gloves with alcohol hand rub rather than removing
the gloves and performing hand hygiene?
Thanks
Joe
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j{M6P} 6<Hi all,
Couple of facts / reasons why this glove thing needs stamping out.
Hand sanitizers are not capable of sterilizing gloves:
1. Sanitizers are not sterilizers as they do not kill spores nor are they made in a sterile environment. They are made in a clean room GMP licensed facility
2. Sanitizers do not kill spore former shells like C.Diff http://www.shea-online.org/Portals/0/CDI%20hand%20hygiene%20Update.pdf and some viruses like norovirus http://www.cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/norovirus/229110-ANoroCaseFactSheet508.pdf
When these types of outbreaks occur, as per CDC & WHO guidance , physical hand washing with soap and water takes priority over hand sanitizers.
see you at the conference I hope
Mr. Peter Steve
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Subject: Re: Alcohol Hand Gel and Gloves [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]Hi Joe,
I have seen this practice and have actively discouraged it continuing, it is often related to users wearing gloves inappropriately so looking at glove use may also assist with resolving the problem, It is specifically discouraged in the national infection control guidelines and also by Hand Hygiene Australia
Regards,
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Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the gloves with alcohol hand rub rather than removing the gloves and performing hand hygiene?Thanks
Joe
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Another poor practice I have seen creeping in to a number of facilities other than the ABHR and glovesis the wearing of two pairs of gloves and peeling off the outside layer of gloves after performing a procedure and before going to the next personand also when caring in an isolation room!!!again totally inappropriate.
I understand that this practice is being taught by some TAFE colleges and training organisations when training Cert ll and lll care givers. It amazes me that someone would actually teach this?
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Has anyone else noticed staff wearing gloves and then cleaning the gloves with alcohol hand rub rather than removing the gloves and performing hand hygiene?Thanks
Joe
Joe-anne Bendall
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Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
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