Re: Wearing of splints by staff having direct contact with patients

[Nicola Swindells]

Hi Jodie,

Yes we have had a nurse who wished to return to work with a splint. We
did not allow her to have patient contact as the splint was not
impervious and therefore she could not adequately perform hand hygiene
following each patient contact. We also have the bare below elbow in our
policy.

Kind Regards

Nicky Swindells CNC

Infection Control

Mercy Health and Aged Care

Central Queensland

________________________________

Behalf Of Jodie Burr

Hi All

We are currently undertaking a risk assesment regarding issues related
to staff wearing splints whilst they are providing direct patient care.

At this stage we are considering to allow them to work (if medically
fit) as long as their splint is made of smooth impervious material that
can be easily wiped over with detergent and water and that they remove
it to perform hand hygiene as appropriate.

Has anyone had any staff that have had to wear a splint, if so were they
allowed to continue having patient care and what safety measures were
put in place to ensure that they could appropriately decontaminate their
hands and splint.

Thanks for any help you can provide

Jodie

Jodie Burr

Infection Control-Clinical Practice Consultant

Disability Services and Domiciliary Care

Community and Home Support SA

Department for Communities and Social Inclusion

103 Fisher Street, Fullarton 5063

Jodie.Burr@dcsi.sa.gov.au

Messages posted to this list are solely the opinion of the authors, and
do not represent the opinion of ACIPC.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives
– registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a
new message send an email to aicalist@aicalist.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to
aicalist-request@aicalist.org.au.

You can unsubscribe from this list be sending ‘signoff aicalist’
(without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au

If you are not the intended recipient(s) of this email you must not copy, distribute, disclose, modify or use any of the
information contained within. If you have received this email in error please notify us at support@mercycq.com immediately
and permanently delete the email and any attachments. Confidentiality and/or privilege in the documents transmitted is
not waived or lost by reason of any transmission errors. Personal information in this email must be handled in accordance
with the prevailing Privacy legislation in the country of receipt of this email.

This email does not necessarily constitute an official representation of Mercy Health and Aged Care Central Queensland Limited.
Any unauthorised use of the email or contents is strictly prohibited. Emails may be interfered with, may contain computer
viruses or other defects and may not be successfully replicated on other systems. It is your responsibility to scan this
message and any attachments for computer viruses or other defects and Mercy Health and Aged Care Central Queensland Limited
gives no warranties in relation to these matters.

Messages posted to this list are solely the opinion of the authors, and do not represent the opinion of ACIPC.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a new message send an email to aicalist@aicalist.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to aicalist-request@aicalist.org.au.

You can unsubscribe from this list be sending ‘signoff aicalist’ (without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au

[Author]

Posts