Particle air testing for theatres

[Jennifer Keogh]

Hi all
I was wondering if anyone had ever used particle air testing for theatres
post works/renovation instead of settle plates and the standard air testing
methods? Did you just use the particle air testing alone or combined both
methods?

We are looking at releasing the theatre for emergency use with particle
testing and also doing the settle plate testing.

Thoughts and any guidelines would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Jenny

Albury Wodonga Health
Infection Control Consultant
(02) 6051 7413

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[Marija Juraja]

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Hi Jenny,

We have done particle counting in theatres for clients too, but then it is up to the infection control team to then assess the risk from those results, as there are no standards for particle counts in theatres. We used clean room standards to indicate how things were going from the particle counts.

I really wouldnt ever recommend doing settle plates as a microbiological test for an operating theatre. Its really not a good method for evaluating what is in the air at all. Any air testing should be carried out using an active sampler such as a MAS 100 (Merck) or similar.

Im in WA so we use the document Marija attached, and a lot of other states also use that document too.

Regards,

Sarah Bailey MSc, PGDip Med Myc
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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of Juraja, Marija (Health)
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 8:26 AM
To: ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
Subject: Re: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Particle air testing for theatres

Hi Jenny,

When we have undertaken refurbishment of our theatres and with the build of NRAH we undertook both methods and ATP surface swabs, as well.
WA document attached is a good starting point.

Anything that had results above >2CFU was re-cleaned and retested.

Kind Regards

Marija Juraja |Nurse Unit Manager CALHN Infection Prevention & Control Unit|
Specialty Medicine 2 RN, GCNS Inf Ctrl, CICP-E)
t: +61 8 7074 2810 (RAH) 8222 7588 (TQEH)| M: 0466 379 821|e:marija.juraja@sa.gov.au |
Adjunct Clinical Lecturer | University of South Australia | Horizon Hospital and Health Service
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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion <ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU> On Behalf Of Jenny Bishop
Sent: Wednesday, 16 December 2020 9:53 AM
To: ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
Subject: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Particle air testing for theatres

Hi all
I was wondering if anyone had ever used particle air testing for theatres post works/renovation instead of settle plates and the standard air testing methods? Did you just use the particle air testing alone or combined both methods?

We are looking at releasing the theatre for emergency use with particle testing and also doing the settle plate testing.

Thoughts and any guidelines would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Jenny

Albury Wodonga Health
Infection Control Consultant
(02) 6051 7413
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