Disposable privacy curtains

[Joanne Cocks – SVHM]

Hi All

Two questions for those of you who have moved across to disposable privacy curtains.

1. How often do you routinely change the curtains?

2. Apart issues such as damage, visible staining etc do you change these curtains more frequently ( e.g. c diff patients, CPE, Norovirus outbreak….)

Oops – another question – would you recommend them? If not why not.

Thanks folks

jo

Joanne Cocks | Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent’s Melbourne | PO Box 2900 | 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy VIC 3065
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[Michael Wishart]

Hi Jo

1. We change these routinely at 12 months. The brand we use suggest 2 years, but we have seen independent microbiological validation of the antimicrobial barrier supported for only 12 months (from St Vincent’s Sydney I think), so we go with that.

2. Don’t change them for any MRO, only for visible staining or damage.

3. Would recommend as it certainly saves the cleaning staff form changing curtains more regularly for cleaning. There was some discussion on how they would look in a private hospital., but we have had no complaints from patients or visitors about them, so they must fit in OK. Make sure staff label with at least the date to change them when they get put up. Ours have both the date hung, and the date to change.

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Michael

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Hi All

Two questions for those of you who have moved across to disposable privacy curtains.

1. How often do you routinely change the curtains?

2. Apart issues such as damage, visible staining etc do you change these curtains more frequently ( e.g. c diff patients, CPE, Norovirus outbreak….)

Oops – another question – would you recommend them? If not why not.

Thanks folks

jo

Joanne Cocks | Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent’s Melbourne | PO Box 2900 | 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy VIC 3065
t: +61 3 9231 4069 | f: +61 3 9231 4068 http://www.svha.org.au

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[Godsell, Mary-Rose]

Dear Jo,
Disposable or material curtains can be changed 6 monthly or more frequently if visibly soiled with blood or body fluids or for patients under transmission-based precautions.
Either disposable or material curtains in healthcare can be used however it’s the process of how they managed which is important and the monitoring of the quality cycle.
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Hi All

Two questions for those of you who have moved across to disposable privacy curtains.

1. How often do you routinely change the curtains?

2. Apart issues such as damage, visible staining etc do you change these curtains more frequently ( e.g. c diff patients, CPE, Norovirus outbreak….)

Oops – another question – would you recommend them? If not why not.

Thanks folks

jo

Joanne Cocks | Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent’s Melbourne | PO Box 2900 | 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy VIC 3065
t: +61 3 9231 4069 | f: +61 3 9231 4068 http://www.svha.org.au

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[Narrogin Infection Control]

Hi Jo,
We have moved to disposable screens in ED & day procedures so far but plan to extend this.

We change them every 12 months or when visibly soiled.

I would recommend them for several reasons

* They look fresh and function well providing you get the correct size.

* They are light and much easier to hang than material ones

* Less work for our laundry

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Sue

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Hi All

Two questions for those of you who have moved across to disposable privacy curtains.

1. How often do you routinely change the curtains?

2. Apart issues such as damage, visible staining etc do you change these curtains more frequently ( e.g. c diff patients, CPE, Norovirus outbreak….)

Oops – another question – would you recommend them? If not why not.

Thanks folks

jo

Joanne Cocks | Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent’s Melbourne | PO Box 2900 | 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy VIC 3065
t: +61 3 9231 4069 | f: +61 3 9231 4068 http://www.svha.org.au

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