Re: Air assisted transfer mats under patients in OT

[Sonya Vargas]

Hi Michael we have used also for many years In maternity in Wesley with no increase is SSI’s we do use the disposable covers though which is essential for maternity cases.
Also occasionally we have written a mat off as it has had to be really cleaned when you had a big spill and we have killed the mat.. but that is the risk you take but that was rare.
I guess its just a matter of careful usage and the occasional knowledge that you will have to periodically replace the mats

Sonya
ADON Procedural areas SAWMH
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Hi Marlize,

We currently use the hover matt in ICU. CCT often borrow the mat and theatres just ran a trial of the mat. There is a disposable cover available at minimal cost for the mat so it can be left under the pt during the op and as stated below it has a wipable cover on it as well.

kind regards,

Kirsten Clough
WH&S Manager| St Andrews War Memorial Hospital
457 Wickham Tce | Spring Hill QLD 4000
GPO Box 764 | Brisbane QLD 4001
t: 07 3834 4228| f: 07 3834 4282
e: kirsten.clough@uchealth.com.au

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Hi Tracey,

Some interesting thoughts below, on the air mats for transfer of patients. Please let me know your thoughts on this

Thanks
Marlize

Marlize Senekal
Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator
St. Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
457 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill
Brisbane
Ph. 07-3834 4444
Ext. 4328, Pg. 0328

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Hi

Out theatre has been proactive in trying to reduce manual handling injuries, and one of the practices involves transfer of bariatric patients (currently for this practice defined as greater than 100kgs I think ). A transfer device (air assisted safe patient handling device) is placed under the patient prior to surgery, and remains under the patient until after the procedure and goes with the patient to the ward. The issue is about the specific device they use, which some surgeons are complaining could be a risk of increasing infections for certain surgical procedures (like joint replacements). The transfer device used is a reusable mat (with a wipable cover) which is filled with air with a pump (‘blower’) to transfer the patient onto the operating table, then the air is released from the mat prior to commencing the procedure. The reverse occurs after the procedure is complete to transfer the patient off the operating table. The current argument is mainly around air movement within the operating room, as the surgical instruments are already set up and exposed within the operating room during the use of the air assisted transfer device.

Does any other facility use this kind of patient transfer device in their operating theatres, or has anyone evaluated such a system and rejected it because of potential to increase surgical site infection risks?

Any thoughts on this would be of value.

Thanks
Michael

Michael Wishart
CNC Infection Control
Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
627 Rode Road, Chermside, Qld 4032
t: (07) 3326 3068 | f: (07) 3326 3523
e: Michael.Wishart@hsn.org.au
w:www.holyspiritnorthside.org.au
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