Bare Below the Elbows policy

[Helen Newman]

Hi all,
We are reviewing our Bare Below the Elbows policy and are seeking ideas on how other manage staff who cannot comply who work in areas not strictly direct patient care. We are trying to ensure we provide enough advice to managers trying to juggle the quandary of staff working indirectly with patients, for example sterile stock management etc who need to wear medical appliances.

Do your current policies recommend either they can’t work in these areas at all, or, provide some guidance around what type of activities they can and can’t do, when they should do HH and how they should manage the appliance. As each situation will differ, these points need to be generic enough to inform us and managers for each risk assessment as they are done.

Any thoughts would be appreciated
Regards
Helen

Helen Newman

Infection Prevention and Control CNC CICP| Infection Management and Control Service
Shellharbour and Kiama Hospitals
Tel 02 4295 2416 | Mobile 0475823959 | Fax 02 4295 2497 | Helen.Newman@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au

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[Wilson, Fiona (TIPCU)]

Hello Helen, in the Tasmanian State-wide Hand Hygiene Policy we have stipulated that employees and volunteers are to be bare below the elbows when providing patient care that entails physical contact or when performing any procedure on the patient and when performing hand hygiene. We decided not to stipulate that all employees needed to be bare below the elbows and that it was only essential when providing physical care and doing hand hygiene.
See http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/publichealth/tasmanian_infection_prevention_and_control_unit/information_for_healthcare_workers for our policy and procedure.

Regards

Fiona Wilson I Clinical Nurse Consultant
Public Health Services I Department of Health and Human Services
3/25Argyle St Hobart, GPO Box 125 Hobart 7001
Phone (03) 6166 0601| Mobile 0439 014 634 | Fax (03) 6233 0553
Prevention is better than cure

From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of Helen Newman
Sent: Monday, 29 February 2016 2:29 PM
To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Subject: Bare Below the Elbows policy

Hi all,
We are reviewing our Bare Below the Elbows policy and are seeking ideas on how other manage staff who cannot comply who work in areas not strictly direct patient care. We are trying to ensure we provide enough advice to managers trying to juggle the quandary of staff working indirectly with patients, for example sterile stock management etc who need to wear medical appliances.

Do your current policies recommend either they cant work in these areas at all, or, provide some guidance around what type of activities they can and cant do, when they should do HH and how they should manage the appliance. As each situation will differ, these points need to be generic enough to inform us and managers for each risk assessment as they are done.

Any thoughts would be appreciated
Regards
Helen

Helen Newman

Infection Prevention and Control CNC CICP| Infection Management and Control Service
Shellharbour and Kiama Hospitals
Tel 02 4295 2416 | Mobile 0475823959 | Fax 02 4295 2497 | Helen.Newman@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au

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