Disposable Curtains / Bed Screens

[Anonymous]

Hi All,
We are about to consider trialling disposable curtains / bed screens. There are plenty available on the market, all claiming to do marvellous things e.g. waterproof – can be wiped clean, antimicrobial impregnated which can last up to 18 months.
The CEC Environmental Cleaning Standards Module 3.2 / 2.3.10 Curtains & Blinds recommendations for frequency of curtain changes are quite challenging to adhere to e.g. weekly in Very high risk area such as ICU & OT.
If the claims the manufacturers are making are true, then these curtains certainly offer a many potential benefits e.g. cost saving, labour saving & possibly improve bed management as terminal cleaning of a patient room / bed space may be reduced.

Obviously these types of curtains would be used and managed according to a risk assessment.
However, I would be very interested in any feedback about any experiences with disposable curtains.
For example;
How strong / durable / easy to use have you found them?
Do the curtains maintain their sharp crisp aesthetic look?
Are the curtains replaced on discharge of every infectious patient?

Any other comments / feedback would be appreciated

Many Thanks
Cath Wade

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Prevention and Control
Level 2 Pathology Building, Gosford Hospital
Tel (02) 4320 2664 | Fax (02) 4320 2874 | Pager 18885
Catherine.Wade@health.nsw.gov.au
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[Louisa Sasko]

Good Morning Cath,

I’m glad you are asking about this. I was thinking of posting something this morning on the list.

I would like to ask anyone out there – do you know of any disposable curtains that can be used in ICU and disposed after the patient is discharged?

Im not necessarily looking for antimicrobial action of the curtain, just disposable and economical.

Would you be able to email me as per below

Thanks in advance

Lou

Kind Regards
Louisa Sasko

Clinical Nurse Consultant (Manager) | IPACS – Infection Prevention & Control Service

Conjoint Associate Lecturer | School of Medicine | UWS

Blacktown Mt Druitt Health
Tel (02) 9851 6102 | Fax (02) 9881 7408 | Mob 0408 923 789 |
Admin Officer | Kristy Cuthbert | Tel (02) 9881 8994 |
Louisa.Sasko@health.nsw.gov.au
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/

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________________________________

Hi All,
We are about to consider trialling disposable curtains / bed screens. There are plenty available on the market, all claiming to do marvellous things e.g. waterproof can be wiped clean, antimicrobial impregnated which can last up to 18 months.
The CEC Environmental Cleaning Standards Module 3.2 / 2.3.10 Curtains & Blinds recommendations for frequency of curtain changes are quite challenging to adhere to e.g. weekly in Very high risk area such as ICU & OT.
If the claims the manufacturers are making are true, then these curtains certainly offer a many potential benefits e.g. cost saving, labour saving & possibly improve bed management as terminal cleaning of a patient room / bed space may be reduced.

Obviously these types of curtains would be used and managed according to a risk assessment.
However, I would be very interested in any feedback about any experiences with disposable curtains.
For example;
How strong / durable / easy to use have you found them?
Do the curtains maintain their sharp crisp aesthetic look?
Are the curtains replaced on discharge of every infectious patient?

Any other comments / feedback would be appreciated

Many Thanks
Cath Wade

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Prevention and Control
Level 2 Pathology Building, Gosford Hospital
Tel (02) 4320 2664 | Fax (02) 4320 2874 | Pager 18885
Catherine.Wade@health.nsw.gov.au

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[Beth Bint]

Hi All

We have install disposable curtains throughout the facility. We use the manufacturers recommendation for hang-time which in our instance is 12months. The exceptions to this include post accommodation of patients with Clostridium difficile or confirmed or suspected infectious gastroenteritis eg: norovirus.

We do not routinely change curtains for any of our MROs.

Curtains must be changed if they become soiled or damaged. (cautionary tale: staff may not immediately recognised that soiled curtains must be changed regardless of the time of soiling and should be immediately not wait until discharge).

Curtains must be dated so that they can be monitored and audited for compliance.

They do continue to look clean crisp – visually the wards have never looked better. They can become a little worn (“fluffy”) on the leading edges over time. The manufacture recommends trimming and supplies additional labels to replace the ones that would be lost during this process.

We have developed a policy and audit tool to support this process.

I hope this is of some help.

Cheers
Beth
Beth Bint

Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Management and Control Service
Level 1 Lawson House Wollongong Hospital
Tel 02 4222 5898 |beth.bint@SESIAHS.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au
________________________________________

Good Morning Cath,

I’m glad you are asking about this. I was thinking of posting something this morning on the list.

I would like to ask anyone out there – do you know of any disposable curtains that can be used in ICU and disposed after the patient is discharged?

Im not necessarily looking for antimicrobial action of the curtain, just disposable and economical.

Would you be able to email me as per below

Thanks in advance

Lou

Kind Regards
Louisa Sasko

Clinical Nurse Consultant (Manager) | IPACS – Infection Prevention & Control Service

Conjoint Associate Lecturer | School of Medicine | UWS

Blacktown Mt Druitt Health
Tel (02) 9851 6102 | Fax (02) 9881 7408 | Mob 0408 923 789 |
Admin Officer | Kristy Cuthbert | Tel (02) 9881 8994 |
Louisa.Sasko@health.nsw.gov.au
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/

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________________________________

Hi All,
We are about to consider trialling disposable curtains / bed screens. There are plenty available on the market, all claiming to do marvellous things e.g. waterproof can be wiped clean, antimicrobial impregnated which can last up to 18 months.
The CEC Environmental Cleaning Standards Module 3.2 / 2.3.10 Curtains & Blinds recommendations for frequency of curtain changes are quite challenging to adhere to e.g. weekly in Very high risk area such as ICU & OT.
If the claims the manufacturers are making are true, then these curtains certainly offer a many potential benefits e.g. cost saving, labour saving & possibly improve bed management as terminal cleaning of a patient room / bed space may be reduced.

Obviously these types of curtains would be used and managed according to a risk assessment.
However, I would be very interested in any feedback about any experiences with disposable curtains.
For example;
How strong / durable / easy to use have you found them?
Do the curtains maintain their sharp crisp aesthetic look?
Are the curtains replaced on discharge of every infectious patient?

Any other comments / feedback would be appreciated

Many Thanks
Cath Wade

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Prevention and Control
Level 2 Pathology Building, Gosford Hospital
Tel (02) 4320 2664 | Fax (02) 4320 2874 | Pager 18885
Catherine.Wade@health.nsw.gov.au

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