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Dear all,
Please find attached the recently published notice from the Clinical Excellence Commission titled:
“Use of Chemical Impregnated Disinfection Wipe Systems for Reusable Medical Devices” 001/14
This notice speaks to all chemical disinfection wipe systems including, the much discussed, Chlorine Dioxide Based 3 Step Wipe System.
I trust the group find this document useful.
Yours Sincerely
Scott Pabst
National Sales Manager
AshMed Pty Ltd
Ph. 0435 843 950
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Whilst an interesting piece from the CEC ACIPC subscribers should also be reminded that the CEC has authority only in NSW, not nationally and therefore outside of NSW their notices are in no way mandatory.
As an experienced writer of state policy and regulation and guidelines I am always sceptical about what the political motive/ knee-jerk reaction may be behind issuance of documents such as this. What happened somewhere to cause this to be written?
Perhaps what they best reflect is the need for infection prevention guidance to be written in a way that it keeps up with technological and research advancements and for ICPs to be closely engaged when any new product or system is introduced into an organisation as pounds to peanuts some ingenious HCW somewhere will find a new, unimaginable way to use the product and often that way can cause harm or risk.
You gotta love a field that is constantly changing….
Regards
CathDr Cathryn Murphy RN MPH PhD CIC
Executive Director
Infection Control Plus Pty LtdAdjunct Professor
Griffith University, School of Nursing and Midwifery
http://www.infectioncontrolplus.com.au
[Description: twitter logo][Description: FB logo][Description: icp icon]Dear all,
Please find attached the recently published notice from the Clinical Excellence Commission titled:
“Use of Chemical Impregnated Disinfection Wipe Systems for Reusable Medical Devices” 001/14
This notice speaks to all chemical disinfection wipe systems including, the much discussed, Chlorine Dioxide Based 3 Step Wipe System.
I trust the group find this document useful.
Yours Sincerely
Scott Pabst
National Sales Manager
AshMed Pty Ltd
Ph. 0435 843 950
E. scott@ashmed.com.auMESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.
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Thanks Cath
Absolutely correct that this is only a safety notice put out by NSW Health as part of the sterilisation group recommendation to ensure standard approach to patient safety and advice given NSW facilities have been requesting more advice .
Again Cath is more than correct in indicating that this safety notice is for the information of NSW health services and as such being from NSW I welcome the fact that NSW CEC has a structure and processes to provide safety information for it ‘s stakeholders and managers in the diverse health scape across NSW ( we also have safety alerts, recalls, information etc about a plethora of issues from hand hygiene, to CJD, to storage of accountable medicines, bathing of newborn babies, ETOH in OT etc etc…I figure all states will have similar processes and notices for their health employees/ service managers/ clinicians as may be current and relevant for their states )
This safety notice nor any safety notice / advice/information etc put out by the CEC should not be read and is not intended to act as a directive, or a recommendation for any of these items to be used or not…. but simply to provide safety advice and information from its peak expert sterilisation advisory group to the CEC within NSW particularly for sites who perhaps do not have the opportunity to have access to sterilisation or infection control expertise readily and as such have been seeking assistance/ advice from NSW health to provide some framework around concepts for safety with this new and emerging technology.
Personally in overall discussion with my colleagues within and outside of infection prevention and control this new & rapidly emerging technology has raised many queries and much angst within the ever growing demands and pressure on the health dollar and provision of safe pt. servicing efficiency within NSW
For NSW the CEC rather than keep silent when being asked for advice is only at the end of the day responding to requests to provide some useful information and risk minimisation strategies for sites in consideration to using this technology and not just leave sites/ managers to only rely on vendor information or have to look up current literature reviews themselves to have to understand and interpret in hopes to gain some independent insight into this evolving technology.
At the end of the day managers who aren’t sure just want to a framework to be reassured that they are providing safe patient care and although it may seem there is an agenda or this document can be used as a tool by other vendors to put staff on notice re what NSDW has put out …this is not the case for the CEC…I believe they are trying to communicate information to their staff( who have asked for quite some time now around this new technology) based on advice they have from their expert panel in sterilisation and HAI Governance in NSW. I thank our NSW CEC for getting back to all those who wanted to know a bit more regarding what they should be ensuring they consider for their pt. safety framework. (yeh) … I just reckon its nice to know we have a response process that is not dictating just providing risk based frameworks for services to be able to decide for themselves…
I would like to declare however that I do currently not only work as an ICP in my district but have been nominated by my CE to sit on the NSW CEC HAI expert advisory group for NSW (who report to the HAI steering group) & I was aware that this was being developed some time ago …although I had absolutely no input into this document at all . I do know though that it has taken some time to be released to ensure that it was based on pt. safety & not agenda driven
Thanks for those who have continued to read my response with interest to this issue..as at the end of the day it is just my response given I was surprised to see this NSW document distributed on our discussion forum. Who would have thought those outside NSW would have even cared or been interested in what NSW publish here …. …But good to see it has evoked some conversation/interest …
Hope you are all keeping well and bug free
Kind regards
Lindy
Lindy Ryan
Infection Prevention & Control Clinical Nurse Consultant | Nepean Hospital, NBM LHD
Infection control Service, PO Box 63 Penrith, 2751, NSW
Tel (02) 4734 2228 | Fax (02) 4734 2517 | lindy.ryan@health.nsw.gov.au
http://www.health.nsw.gov.auInfection Prevention and control is everyones business
Clean hands – safest care….take a moment & practice the five moments[http://internal.health.nsw.gov.au/communications/e-signatures/images/NSW-Health-Nepean-Blue-Mountains-LHD.jpg]
Whilst an interesting piece from the CEC ACIPC subscribers should also be reminded that the CEC has authority only in NSW, not nationally and therefore outside of NSW their notices are in no way mandatory.
As an experienced writer of state policy and regulation and guidelines I am always sceptical about what the political motive/ knee-jerk reaction may be behind issuance of documents such as this. What happened somewhere to cause this to be written?
Perhaps what they best reflect is the need for infection prevention guidance to be written in a way that it keeps up with technological and research advancements and for ICPs to be closely engaged when any new product or system is introduced into an organisation as pounds to peanuts some ingenious HCW somewhere will find a new, unimaginable way to use the product and often that way can cause harm or risk.
You gotta love a field that is constantly changing….
Regards
CathDr Cathryn Murphy RN MPH PhD CIC
Executive Director
Infection Control Plus Pty LtdAdjunct Professor
Griffith University, School of Nursing and Midwifery
http://www.infectioncontrolplus.com.au
[Description: twitter logo][Description: FB logo][Description: icp icon]Dear all,
Please find attached the recently published notice from the Clinical Excellence Commission titled:
“Use of Chemical Impregnated Disinfection Wipe Systems for Reusable Medical Devices” 001/14
This notice speaks to all chemical disinfection wipe systems including, the much discussed, Chlorine Dioxide Based 3 Step Wipe System.
I trust the group find this document useful.
Yours Sincerely
Scott Pabst
National Sales Manager
AshMed Pty Ltd
Ph. 0435 843 950
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