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Hello All You Clever People
I am trying to provide a rationale re doffing mask after you have exited a
residents room when the resident is in isolation.The person insists that you remove ALL PPE whilst in the infectious room.
In aged care there is no ante room for doffing so you are either in an
infectious environment or outside the room.I have tried to explain that you doff all PPE except for mask in the
residents room and remove mask when outside their room.Can anyone point me to a document that says this – or am I wrong?
Many thanks
Vanessa Watkins
RN, Quality Manager, IPC Lead
Donwood Aged Care
Croydon, VictoriaMESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.
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Hi Vanessa
SA Health Have a PPE poster that we utilise in our aged care facilities in relation to Doffing Mask and goggles outside a residents room.
I have attached the poster for you. Which is available from SA Health. We implemented this at our sites and as it is an official document staff have complied.
See link below from Vic Health, Table 4 of when to doff Mask and Goggles
https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/standard-sequence-putting-on-taking-off-ppe-covid-19-doc
P2/N95 respiratorsP2/N95 respirators (particulate filter respirators) must be worn in the following circumstances:
performing or assisting with an AGP on a person who is a low-risk or high-risk suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case
caring for high-risk patients suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 regardless of the amount of time in contact
caring for low-risk suspected cases of COVID-19 in RACFs where there is a risk of community transmission in line with the VHSGR
providing care to a person suspected to have COVID-19 and there is a risk of AGBs (including screaming, shouting, crying out and vomiting).
P2/N95 respirators should be:
fit-tested to each user to ensure that the respirator is able to fit and provide a secure seal
fit-checked each time a respirator is put on to ensure that a good seal is achieved and applied properly
discarded and replaced if contaminated with blood or bodily fluids
replaced if it becomes hard to breathe through or if the mask no longer conforms to the face or loses its shape
removed outside of patient care areas (for example, between wards, break room, reception area) and before proceeding to care for patients who are not isolated for COVID-19.
Hope this helps.
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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of Vanessa Davis
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Subject: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Mask doffing (in or out of room)Hello All You Clever People
I am trying to provide a rationale re doffing mask after you have exited a residents room when the resident is in isolation.The person insists that you remove ALL PPE whilst in the infectious room. In aged care there is no ante room for doffing so you are either in an infectious environment or outside the room.
I have tried to explain that you doff all PPE except for mask in the residents room and remove mask when outside their room.
Can anyone point me to a document that says this – or am I wrong?
Many thanks
Vanessa Watkins
RN, Quality Manager, IPC Lead
Donwood Aged Care
Croydon, VictoriaMESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.
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Hi Vanessa
For us, it would depend on what type of isolation you are exiting the room from. If it is droplet precautions, then as long as you are 2+ metres away from the patient, you can safely doff the mask inside the room as you leave it.
If it is airborne precautions, you cannot doff the mask until you have left the room and closed the door (even if there is a anteroom).
In the case of COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19, we are utilising airborne precautions currently, so you would only doff a mask outside the room, after the door had been closed.
It is all about risk of exposure to the respiratory pathogens you are isolating for.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of Vanessa Davis
Sent: Thursday, 7 October 2021 12:15 PM
To: ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
Subject: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Mask doffing (in or out of room)Hello All You Clever People
I am trying to provide a rationale re doffing mask after you have exited a residents room when the resident is in isolation.The person insists that you remove ALL PPE whilst in the infectious room. In aged care there is no ante room for doffing so you are either in an infectious environment or outside the room.
I have tried to explain that you doff all PPE except for mask in the residents room and remove mask when outside their room.
Can anyone point me to a document that says this – or am I wrong?
Many thanks
Vanessa Watkins
RN, Quality Manager, IPC Lead
Donwood Aged Care
Croydon, VictoriaMESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.
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Hi Vanessa,
There is information about the sequence for PPE donning and doffing and where surgical masks and p2/N95s should be removed in the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare found here Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2019) | NHMRC
See section 3.3 Personal protective equipment.
Regards,
DonnaDonna Cameron
Infection Control Consultant
Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health LaboratoryT +61 (0)3 8344 3574
donna.cameron@unimelb.edu.auThe Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
792 Elizabeth Street | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia | 3000
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Hello All You Clever People
I am trying to provide a rationale re doffing mask after you have exited a residents room when the resident is in isolation.The person insists that you remove ALL PPE whilst in the infectious room. In aged care there is no ante room for doffing so you are either in an infectious environment or outside the room.
I have tried to explain that you doff all PPE except for mask in the residents room and remove mask when outside their room.
Can anyone point me to a document that says this – or am I wrong?
Many thanks
Vanessa Watkins
RN, Quality Manager, IPC Lead
Donwood Aged Care
Croydon, VictoriaMESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.
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Hi Vanessa, ,
Im sure there is a document somewhere but that is what we have been told to do via our PHU and that is how we train staff now.
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Hello All You Clever People
I am trying to provide a rationale re doffing mask after you have exited a residents room when the resident is in isolation.
The person insists that you remove ALL PPE whilst in the infectious room. In aged care there is no ante room for doffing so you are either in an infectious environment or outside the room.
I have tried to explain that you doff all PPE except for mask in the residents room and remove mask when outside their room.
Can anyone point me to a document that says this – or am I wrong?
Many thanks
Vanessa Watkins
RN, Quality Manager, IPC Lead
Donwood Aged Care
Croydon, Victoria
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