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HI everyone
Just wanting some clarity regarding the use of eye protection PP for COVID-19. Do housekeeping and catering staff required eye protection when they enter a room with COVID-19 transmission based precautions? Should t be the following :* Airborne TBC for COVID-19 PPE includes;
* Long sleeved gown
* P2/N95 respirator (duck bill mask) – must be fit checked with each use
* Face shield or goggles if-Taking respiratory specimens
-Patient has excessive coughing
-Patient has pneumonia
* Gloves (Hand hygiene before donning and after removing gloves)
See below from SoNg.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units
StatesFor most inpatient contacts between healthcare staff and patients the following PPE is safe and appropriate and should be put on before entering the patient’s room:
o long-sleeved gown
o surgical mask
o face shield or goggles
o disposable nonsterile gloves when in contact with patient (hand hygiene before donning and after removing gloves)
Cate Coffey
Clinical Nurse ManagerCentral Australia Health Service
Department of Health
Northern Territory GovernmentInfection Prevention and Control Unit
Alice Springs Hospital
PO Box 2234, Alice Springs, NT 0871t. 08 8951 7737
http://www.health.nt.gov.auThe Central Australia Health Service would like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First People and Traditional Custodians. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Hi Cate
Two things.
1. PPE required is about risk. So, wearing of eye protection is about what is anticipated, and what is known about transmission of the pathogen. For most respiratory viruses, including as I currently understand what we know about SARS-Cov-2, routine patient contact does not require protection of eyes. It will depend on what activities and procedures are being performed when providing care as to whether or not eye protection is required. You could argue that you dont always know what you are going to do or be exposed to when entering a room (I could also argue I dont know if a plane will fall onto my desk right now), so you should always wear eye protection, but I would argue its a clinical determination, and I will maintain my flame-resistant suit whilst awaiting responses on that.
2. The current interim SoNG for COVID-19 was developed directly from the Ebola guidelines. For Ebola, the level of protection required for even casual contact was extreme, and thus eye protection was always worn. It may be that has just remained from that guideline. Im surmising here, and its my own opinion, but its possible that its not actually there as a mandatory requirement for COVID-19.
Also, as an aside, most hospital staff will care for milder cases of COVID-19 on general wards, where droplet rather than airborne precautions is required. For critically ill patients in ICU, the need for eye protection routinely may be much higher, based on procedures and treatments undertaken.
My thoughts, anyway.
Cheers
MichaelMichael Wishart | Infection Control Coordinator, CICP-E
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HI everyone
Just wanting some clarity regarding the use of eye protection PP for COVID-19. Do housekeeping and catering staff required eye protection when they enter a room with COVID-19 transmission based precautions? Should t be the following :* Airborne TBC for COVID-19 PPE includes;
* Long sleeved gown
* P2/N95 respirator (duck bill mask) must be fit checked with each use
* Face shield or goggles if-Taking respiratory specimens
-Patient has excessive coughing
-Patient has pneumonia
* Gloves (Hand hygiene before donning and after removing gloves)
See below from SoNg.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units
StatesFor most inpatient contacts between healthcare staff and patients the following PPE is safe and appropriate and should be put on before entering the patients room:
o long-sleeved gown
o surgical mask
o face shield or goggles
o disposable nonsterile gloves when in contact with patient (hand hygiene before donning and after removing gloves)
Cate Coffey
Clinical Nurse ManagerCentral Australia Health Service
Department of Health
Northern Territory GovernmentInfection Prevention and Control Unit
Alice Springs Hospital
PO Box 2234, Alice Springs, NT 0871t. 08 8951 7737
http://www.health.nt.gov.auThe Central Australia Health Service would like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australias First People and Traditional Custodians. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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St Vincents Private Hospital Northside | 627 Rode Road CHERMSIDE QLD 4032
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Hi Cate,
Droplet and contact precautions, which includes use of eye protection, are recommended for routine care of COVID-19 patients as outlined in both the CDNA SoNG and Interim recommendations for the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during hospital care of people with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The use of droplet and contact precautions is also recommended for cleaners when cleaning in COVID-19 patient rooms (which I assume is what housekeeping staff are?). I haven’t seen any guidance to suggest different PPE for different staff or when undertaking different activities in the rooms of patients with COVID-19, except for using P2 respirators for aerosol generating procedures or when there may be prolonged close contact.
Many facilities have a guideline/policy that catering staff don’t enter patient rooms when in transmission-based precautions or restrict which rooms they can enter (e.g. only enter contact transmission rooms, not droplet or airborne) so that they don’t have to don and doff PPE. Meals may be left outside the room and nursing staff take the meals into the patient.
Unless you can adequately train staff to don/doff their use of PPE may be more hazardous that not using any, particularly when removing PPE.
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DonnaDonna Cameron
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doherty.edu.auHI everyone
Just wanting some clarity regarding the use of eye protection PP for COVID-19. Do housekeeping and catering staff required eye protection when they enter a room with COVID-19 transmission based precautions? Should t be the following :* Airborne TBC for COVID-19 PPE includes;
* Long sleeved gown
* P2/N95 respirator (duck bill mask) – must be fit checked with each use
* Face shield or goggles if-Taking respiratory specimens
-Patient has excessive coughing
-Patient has pneumonia
* Gloves (Hand hygiene before donning and after removing gloves)
See below from SoNg.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units
StatesFor most inpatient contacts between healthcare staff and patients the following PPE is safe and appropriate and should be put on before entering the patient’s room:
o long-sleeved gown
o surgical mask
o face shield or goggles
o disposable nonsterile gloves when in contact with patient (hand hygiene before donning and after removing gloves)
Cate Coffey
Clinical Nurse ManagerCentral Australia Health Service
Department of Health
Northern Territory GovernmentInfection Prevention and Control Unit
Alice Springs Hospital
PO Box 2234, Alice Springs, NT 0871t. 08 8951 7737
http://www.health.nt.gov.auThe Central Australia Health Service would like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First People and Traditional Custodians. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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