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Dear Colleagues,
Our organisation has purchased cleanable face shields which have been
issued to each staff member.Some staff have complained that these style of face shields are not
acceptable as an equivalent to safety glasses for droplet precautions as
there is a 1cm wide gap at the top of the face shield between the perspex
of the face shield and the headband. Unlike the single use face shields
that have a foam headband which fills in this gap.Are there any Australian or International standards on face shields.
Would a gap at the top make the face shield unable to be used as PPE?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Lori
Lori McLeod-Mills
National Quality Governance Officer
Healthcare Imaging Services
lori.mcleod@healthcareimaging.com.au
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Hi All,
Further to Loris question below if you reusing single use disposable face shields (particularly in Victoria) what type of cleaning and disinfection agent/s are you finding are the best in terms of keeping the view clear?
Please note I do not support the reuse of face shields in particulate cleaning and placing bags. The risk with reuse of a face shield is that with shields with components that cannot be cleaned and disinfected (foam/elastic) when placed in any type of bag the internal surface of the bag may become contaminated. This may result in hand contamination when reusing the face shield on subsequent occasions.
The Aged care guidelines Coronavirus (COVID-19), Plan for the Victorian Aged Care Sector, Version 3.0, 1 July 2020 note the following:
PPE
*Single use disposable items cannot be reused
*Face shields should be changed every 4 hrsThank you in anticipation
Glenys
Glenys Harrington
Consultant
Infection Control Consultancy (ICC)
P.O. Box 6385
Melbourne
Australia, 3004
M: +61 404816434
Dear Colleagues,
Our organisation has purchased cleanable face shields which have been issued to each staff member.
Some staff have complained that these style of face shields are not acceptable as an equivalent to safety glasses for droplet precautions as there is a 1cm wide gap at the top of the face shield between the perspex of the face shield and the headband. Unlike the single use face shields that have a foam headband which fills in this gap.
Are there any Australian or International standards on face shields.
Would a gap at the top make the face shield unable to be used as PPE?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Lori
Lori McLeod-Mills
National Quality Governance Officer
Healthcare Imaging Services
lori.mcleod@healthcareimaging.com.au
0414 542 483
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