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    Dear All,
    Does any hospital have a guideline for admission of patients to orthopaedic wards? More specifically, are there any criteria that you might be following, for example: no patients with MROs, wounds, ulcers, etc. to be allowed admission into orthopaedic wards, even if the presentation is related to orthopaedics?
    Many thanks in advance,
    Rita
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    #73137
    Michael Wishart
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    Hi Rita

    In my opinion you are opening Pandora’s fabled box if you take this path of ‘ring-fencing’ You are basically saying that contact precautions are not sufficient. I have seen this attempted and it made no difference in a large hospital already endemic with MROs. And one of the spinoffs can be suboptimal care for orthopaedic patients who are excluded from orthopaedic wards.

    In my opinion, anyway. Someone may have some studies to support either position. Just be careful the path you take, in my experience.

    Cheers
    Michael

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    On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 10:14 PM -0700, “Rita Roy” <Rita.Roy@HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU> wrote:

    Dear All,
    Does any hospital have a guideline for admission of patients to orthopaedic wards? More specifically, are there any criteria that you might be following, for example: no patients with MROs, wounds, ulcers, etc. to be allowed admission into orthopaedic wards, even if the presentation is related to orthopaedics?
    Many thanks in advance,
    Rita
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    Hornsby Ku ring gai Health Service, Palmerston Road, Hornsby NSW 2076
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    #73139
    Jayne OConnor
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    Hi Rita,
    Where possible we admit our MRO orthopaedic patients to a ‘dirty’ ward (when we have two orthopaedic wards open)otherwise they are segregated to clean end and dirty end of the ward.
    Louise Teare did some research in the UK regarding the benefits of ‘ring fencing’ for orthopeadics in the late 1990s early 2000s -Have a look at – Eradication of MRSA by ‘ring fencing’ of elective orthopaedic beds 2005, it can be accessed online think its published in BMJ.
    Hope this helps

    Kind Regards

    Jayne

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    Dear All,
    Does any hospital have a guideline for admission of patients to orthopaedic wards? More specifically, are there any criteria that you might be following, for example: no patients with MROs, wounds, ulcers, etc. to be allowed admission into orthopaedic wards, even if the presentation is related to orthopaedics?
    Many thanks in advance,
    Rita
    Rita Roy

    Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control
    Hornsby Ku ring gai Health Service, Palmerston Road, Hornsby NSW 2076
    Tel (02) 9477 9232 | Fax (02) 9477 9013 Rita.Roy@health.nsw.gov.au
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    Cath Murphy
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    Thanks Michael Wishart for your common sensical approach. I agree with you wholeheartedly and like you fear yet more mixed infection control messages that adopting ring-fencing would cause.

    Cheers

    Cathryn Murphy MPH PhD CIC
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    Infection Control Plus Pty Ltd
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    Hi Rita

    In my opinion you are opening Pandora’s fabled box if you take this path of ‘ring-fencing’ You are basically saying that contact precautions are not sufficient. I have seen this attempted and it made no difference in a large hospital already endemic with MROs. And one of the spinoffs can be suboptimal care for orthopaedic patients who are excluded from orthopaedic wards.

    In my opinion, anyway. Someone may have some studies to support either position. Just be careful the path you take, in my experience.

    Cheers
    Michael

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    On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 10:14 PM -0700, “Rita Roy” <Rita.Roy@HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU> wrote:

    Dear All,
    Does any hospital have a guideline for admission of patients to orthopaedic wards? More specifically, are there any criteria that you might be following, for example: no patients with MROs, wounds, ulcers, etc. to be allowed admission into orthopaedic wards, even if the presentation is related to orthopaedics?
    Many thanks in advance,
    Rita
    Rita Roy

    Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control
    Hornsby Ku ring gai Health Service, Palmerston Road, Hornsby NSW 2076
    Tel (02) 9477 9232 | Fax (02) 9477 9013 Rita.Roy@health.nsw.gov.au
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