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Hi everyone,
Always on a Friday afternoon!
We have had a great debate here about what sort of precautions Norovirus requires and what sort of isolation room they need to be nursed in.The NSW Ministry of Health Infection Control policy PD2007_036 states:
“Contact and Airborne precautions.
P2 mask when there is potential for aerosol dissemination e.g. patient vomiting or toileting (diarrhoea), disposing of faeces.
Airborne negative pressure room if available and P2 mask
Contact gown/apron, gloves
Ensure consistent environmental cleaning and disinfection.”I have always advised the staff that contact and DROPLET precautions are required if the patient is vomiting or has profuse/explosive diarrhoea. I have also advised that a surgical mask is sufficient (if worn correctly). Our little ones don’t vomit and expel faeces as far as adults do too.
We do not have the luxury of having a negative pressure room for them to be nursed in either as we do not have that many.
I think CDC simply suggests single rooms and contact precautions.Just thought I would ask the other experts out there what they think about this topic?
Also if I advise staff to follow the contact and droplet precautions and surgical mask route, am I going against policy?Any help on this matter would be appreciated. Happy to admit I am wrong!
Terri Cripps | Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Control | Sydney Children’s Hospital
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Hi Terri
The NHMRC guidelines (table B5.2) list Norovirus as requiring contact and DROPLET precautions, and this is my understanding of how most RACF guidelines also manage Norovirus, as NONE of the RACFs have negative pressure rooms! These types of precautions have managed to curtail further spread in large outbreaks, so I would say they work fine!
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Subject: NorovirusHi everyone,
Always on a Friday afternoon!
We have had a great debate here about what sort of precautions Norovirus requires and what sort of isolation room they need to be nursed in.The NSW Ministry of Health Infection Control policy PD2007_036 states:
Contact and Airborne precautions.
P2 mask when there is potential for aerosol dissemination e.g. patient vomiting or toileting (diarrhoea), disposing of faeces.
Airborne = negative pressure room if available and P2 mask
Contact = gown/apron, gloves
Ensure consistent environmental cleaning and disinfection.I have always advised the staff that contact and DROPLET precautions are required if the patient is vomiting or has profuse/explosive diarrhoea. I have also advised that a surgical mask is sufficient (if worn correctly). Our little ones dont vomit and expel faeces as far as adults do too.
We do not have the luxury of having a negative pressure room for them to be nursed in either as we do not have that many.
I think CDC simply suggests single rooms and contact precautions.Just thought I would ask the other experts out there what they think about this topic?
Also if I advise staff to follow the contact and droplet precautions and surgical mask route, am I going against policy?Any help on this matter would be appreciated. Happy to admit I am wrong!
Terri Cripps | Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Control | Sydney Childrens Hospital
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Hi Terri,
Our Australian Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare advise Contact and Droplet Precautions for Norovirus.
Hope that helps J
Regards
Terry McAuley
Sterilisation & Infection Prevention and Control Consultant
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Hi everyone,
Always on a Friday afternoon!
We have had a great debate here about what sort of precautions Norovirus requires and what sort of isolation room they need to be nursed in.
The NSW Ministry of Health Infection Control policy PD2007_036 states:
Contact and Airborne precautions.
P2 mask when there is potential for aerosol dissemination e.g. patient vomiting or toileting (diarrhoea), disposing of faeces.
Airborne negative pressure room if available and P2 mask
Contact gown/apron, gloves
Ensure consistent environmental cleaning and disinfection.
I have always advised the staff that contact and DROPLET precautions are required if the patient is vomiting or has profuse/explosive diarrhoea. I have also advised that a surgical mask is sufficient (if worn correctly). Our little ones dont vomit and expel faeces as far as adults do too.
We do not have the luxury of having a negative pressure room for them to be nursed in either as we do not have that many.
I think CDC simply suggests single rooms and contact precautions.
Just thought I would ask the other experts out there what they think about this topic?
Also if I advise staff to follow the contact and droplet precautions and surgical mask route, am I going against policy?
Any help on this matter would be appreciated. Happy to admit I am wrong!
Terri Cripps | Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Control | Sydney Childrens Hospital
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Hi Terry,
We use contact precautions with standard single room only required and droplet precautions added if vomiting.
Regards,
Donna.
Donna Cameron
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P.O. Box 5555
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Sent: Friday, 25 October 2013 4:53
To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Subject: NorovirusHi everyone,
Always on a Friday afternoon!
We have had a great debate here about what sort of precautions Norovirus requires and what sort of isolation room they need to be nursed in.
The NSW Ministry of Health Infection Control policy PD2007_036 states:
Contact and Airborne precautions.
P2 mask when there is potential for aerosol dissemination e.g. patient vomiting or toileting (diarrhoea), disposing of faeces.
Airborne = negative pressure room if available and P2 mask
Contact = gown/apron, gloves
Ensure consistent environmental cleaning and disinfection.
I have always advised the staff that contact and DROPLET precautions are required if the patient is vomiting or has profuse/explosive diarrhoea. I have also advised that a surgical mask is sufficient (if worn correctly). Our little ones dont vomit and expel faeces as far as adults do too.
We do not have the luxury of having a negative pressure room for them to be nursed in either as we do not have that many.
I think CDC simply suggests single rooms and contact precautions.
Just thought I would ask the other experts out there what they think about this topic?
Also if I advise staff to follow the contact and droplet precautions and surgical mask route, am I going against policy?
Any help on this matter would be appreciated. Happy to admit I am wrong!
Terri Cripps | Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Control | Sydney Childrens Hospital
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Why a P2 mask, thats seems like overkill?
Christine A. Dufty
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West Wimmera Health Service
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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of TERRI CRIPPS
Sent: 25 October 2013 4:53 PM
To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Subject: NorovirusHi everyone,
Always on a Friday afternoon!
We have had a great debate here about what sort of precautions Norovirus requires and what sort of isolation room they need to be nursed in.
The NSW Ministry of Health Infection Control policy PD2007_036 states:
Contact and Airborne precautions.
P2 mask when there is potential for aerosol dissemination e.g. patient vomiting or toileting (diarrhoea), disposing of faeces.
Airborne = negative pressure room if available and P2 mask
Contact = gown/apron, gloves
Ensure consistent environmental cleaning and disinfection.
I have always advised the staff that contact and DROPLET precautions are required if the patient is vomiting or has profuse/explosive diarrhoea. I have also advised that a surgical mask is sufficient (if worn correctly). Our little ones dont vomit and expel faeces as far as adults do too.
We do not have the luxury of having a negative pressure room for them to be nursed in either as we do not have that many.
I think CDC simply suggests single rooms and contact precautions.
Just thought I would ask the other experts out there what they think about this topic?
Also if I advise staff to follow the contact and droplet precautions and surgical mask route, am I going against policy?
Any help on this matter would be appreciated. Happy to admit I am wrong!
Terri Cripps | Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Control | Sydney Childrens Hospital
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HI Terri
What a great discussion, here at RCH Brisbane we use P2 masks until vomiting has ceased, then we swap to contact precautions – we also see significant long standing norovirus colonisation in our oncology patients.My rationale is that the vomiting is likely aerosol and that I should provide the best protection to my HCW.
We find outbreaks are usually from environmental persistence of a child’s vomit, and usually once we do a disinfectant clean – and find this usually stops any new cases in outbreak (of course we also close area to admission and have all exposed pts ‘at risk’ under contact precautions).
cheers
JaneWe Passed Accreditation – met with merit for standard 3 Infection Prevention – many thanks for your assistance and great work
Jane Tomlinson RN
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Infection Management and Prevention Service
Royal Children’s Hospital
Children’s Health Queensland
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http://www.health.qld.gov.au/childrenshealth>>> TERRI CRIPPS 25/10/13 15:52 >>>
Hi everyone,
Always on a Friday afternoon!
We have had a great debate here about what sort of precautions Norovirus requires and what sort of isolation room they need to be nursed in.The NSW Ministry of Health Infection Control policy PD2007_036 states:
Contact and Airborne precautions.
P2 mask when there is potential for aerosol dissemination e.g. patient vomiting or toileting (diarrhoea), disposing of faeces.
Airborne = negative pressure room if available and P2 mask
Contact = gown/apron, gloves
Ensure consistent environmental cleaning and disinfection.I have always advised the staff that contact and DROPLET precautions are required if the patient is vomiting or has profuse/explosive diarrhoea. I have also advised that a surgical mask is sufficient (if worn correctly). Our little ones dont vomit and expel faeces as far as adults do too.
We do not have the luxury of having a negative pressure room for them to be nursed in either as we do not have that many.
I think CDC simply suggests single rooms and contact precautions.Just thought I would ask the other experts out there what they think about this topic?
Also if I advise staff to follow the contact and droplet precautions and surgical mask route, am I going against policy?Any help on this matter would be appreciated. Happy to admit I am wrong!
Terri Cripps | Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Control | Sydney Childrens Hospital
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