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Dear Colleagues,
I am reviewing the management of our same day surgery patients colonised with MROs.
We do not have a dedicated same day surgery ward, so these patients are admitted to a medical/surgical ward. The majority are admitted for cataract surgery under local anaesthetic, so often admitted and discharged within four hours. We only have one single room with ensuite on the ward. We try to admit MRO patients to this room, but this is not always possible due to other clinical demands. All other rooms on the ward have either two or four beds and no ensuite bathroom. Precautions are based on risk assessment and type of MRO.
I am interested how other facilities manage these type of patients. Do you manage patients differently based on type of MRO colonisation? Do you risk assess patients individually?Many thanks,
Margaret Davidson
CNC Infection Control
Bentley Health Service
BENTLEY WA 6102Sent from my iPad
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Hi Margaret,
We work on the principle of standard precautions for all patients at all times, regardless on known or perceived infectious status. We look at risk factors for dissemination and base any additional precautions on that assessment. As a general rule we do not do anything different for our day cases and make no changes to the op list order – as per the HDWA OP directive for MRSA in WA Healthcare Facilities.We also reinforce with staff that for every one patient known to be colonised with MRSA, there may well be others on the lists.
Happy to discuss further off line if you wish.
Kind regards,
Barbara Elliott | Manager Infection Control
St John of God Subiaco Hospital
T: (08) 9382 6871 | M: 0413 706 384 | F: (08) 9382 6785 | E: Barbara.Elliott@sjog.org.au
12 Salvado Road Subiaco WA 6008 | PO Box 14, Subiaco WA 6904
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Dear Colleagues,
I am reviewing the management of our same day surgery patients colonised with MROs.
We do not have a dedicated same day surgery ward, so these patients are admitted to a medical/surgical ward. The majority are admitted for cataract surgery under local anaesthetic, so often admitted and discharged within four hours. We only have one single room with ensuite on the ward. We try to admit MRO patients to this room, but this is not always possible due to other clinical demands. All other rooms on the ward have either two or four beds and no ensuite bathroom. Precautions are based on risk assessment and type of MRO.
I am interested how other facilities manage these type of patients. Do you manage patients differently based on type of MRO colonisation? Do you risk assess patients individually?
Many thanks,
Margaret Davidson
CNC Infection Control
Bentley Health Service
BENTLEY WA 6102Sent from my iPad
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