Single-use Disposable Tourniquets

[Maureen Mckenzie]

Hi all

We are currently looking into replacing reusable tourniquets with
single-use disposable tourniquets throughout the hospital.

Just wondering if anyone has implemented a similar strategy in their
facility and what were the pro’s and con’s you encountered?

Regards

Maureen

Maureen McKenzie

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control

Concord Repatriation General Hospital

C/- Microbiology Dept.

Hospital Road Concord NSW 2139
Tel 02 9767 6898 | Fax 02 9767 7868 | maureen.mckenzie@sswahs.nsw.gov.au

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[Chard, Colette]

Hi Maureen I’d be keen to hear of any other success stories on this issue

Kind regards

Colette Chard
Quality & Risk Manager
North West Private Hospital
137 Flockton Street
Everton Park
QLD 4037

07 3246 3142
Chardc @ramsayhealth.com.au

Hi all

We are currently looking into replacing reusable tourniquets with single-use disposable tourniquets throughout the hospital.

Just wondering if anyone has implemented a similar strategy in their facility and what were the pro’s and con’s you encountered?

Regards
Maureen

Maureen McKenzie

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
C/- Microbiology Dept.
Hospital Road Concord NSW 2139
Tel 02 9767 6898 | Fax 02 9767 7868 | maureen.mckenzie@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
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[Paull, Gwen (Health)]

Hello Everyone,
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been using the single patient use, blue, latex free Multigate tourniquets for general ward use for some time now. These do not have a clip, but are pulled and looped under itself. (there is a Youtube video of how this is done) These have been cost effective and proven to be satisfactory. The emergency trollies have the traditional style of tourniquet with a clip, as it was found that the Multigate would sometimes snap in the urgency of an emergency situation use.

Kind regards
Gwen Paull
Gwen Paull |Clinical Service Coordinator, Infection Prevention & Control Unit|
Division of Acute Care and Clinical Support
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Level 8 Tower Building | 28 Woodville Road, WOODVILLE SOUTH 5011
t: +61 8 8222 7588| p: 47757| f: +61 8 8222 6461 | DX: 465432 |e:gwen.paull@health.sa.gov.au

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Hi Maureen I’d be keen to hear of any other success stories on this issue

Kind regards

Colette Chard
Quality & Risk Manager
North West Private Hospital
137 Flockton Street
Everton Park
QLD 4037

07 3246 3142
Chardc @ramsayhealth.com.au

Hi all

We are currently looking into replacing reusable tourniquets with single-use disposable tourniquets throughout the hospital.

Just wondering if anyone has implemented a similar strategy in their facility and what were the pro’s and con’s you encountered?

Regards
Maureen

Maureen McKenzie

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
C/- Microbiology Dept.
Hospital Road Concord NSW 2139
Tel 02 9767 6898 | Fax 02 9767 7868 | maureen.mckenzie@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au

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[Helen Scott]

Hi Maureen,
We tried some last year from one company and they were dreadful; they
snapped easily and the anaesthetists didn’t like them. I don’t know
about any other brands.
However, what we do actually do now is send all of our usual
tourniquets to CSSD at the end of each day to be cleaned, which is
working out well.
Cheers,
Helen.
( mailto:Helen.Scott@healthscope.com.au )
Helen Scott
Clinical Nurse Specialist |
Infection Control |
Anaesthetics & Recovery
Nepean Private Hospital
Kingswood, NSW.
Tel 02 4732 7333 | helen.scott@healthscope.com.au

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Maureen Mckenzie wrote:

Hi all
We are currently looking into replacing reusable tourniquets with
single-use disposable tourniquets throughout the hospital.
Just wondering if anyone has implemented a similar strategy in their
facility and what were the pros and cons you encountered?

Regards
Maureen
Maureen McKenzie

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
C/- Microbiology Dept.
Hospital Road Concord NSW 2139
Tel 02 9767 6898 | Fax 02 9767 7868 |
maureen.mckenzie@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
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[Anonymous]

Hello Collette
We introduced single use tourniquets to our facility early this year
after an audit revealed ad hoc
cleaning of re-usable tourniquets. You do have to source a reliable
product. Some of the products available were not sturdy enough and
unwound at the most inopportune moment. The product we use now is sturdy
single use and we have had no reported problems with the product now in
use.

Liz Vanderlinde
Infection Control Officer
North West Private Hospital

Brickport Road, Burnie TAS 7320, Australia
T +61 3 6432 6022 F +61 3 6431 6158
E Liz.Vanderlinde@healthecare.com.au W

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Behalf Of Chard, Colette

Hi Maureen I’d be keen to hear of any other success stories on this
issue

Kind regards

Colette Chard

Quality & Risk Manager

North West Private Hospital

137 Flockton Street

Everton Park

QLD 4037

07 3246 3142

Chardc @ramsayhealth.com.au

Behalf Of Maureen Mckenzie

Hi all

We are currently looking into replacing reusable tourniquets with
single-use disposable tourniquets throughout the hospital.

Just wondering if anyone has implemented a similar strategy in their
facility and what were the pro’s and con’s you encountered?

Regards

Maureen

Maureen McKenzie

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control

Concord Repatriation General Hospital

C/- Microbiology Dept.

Hospital Road Concord NSW 2139
Tel 02 9767 6898 | Fax 02 9767 7868 | maureen.mckenzie@sswahs.nsw.gov.au

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[Maree Sommerville]

Has anyone started to use the Terumo disposable tourniquet?

It looks the same as the re-usable one but does not have a release
button.

The elastic band is glued with a simple glue, so when you have finished,
you release the tourniquet by pulling the band.

It is another option that does not have a significant change of
technique.

Maree Sommerville

Infection Control Nurse Consultant

Mercy Hospital for Women

8458 4759

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Behalf Of Maureen Mckenzie

Hi all

We are currently looking into replacing reusable tourniquets with
single-use disposable tourniquets throughout the hospital.

Just wondering if anyone has implemented a similar strategy in their
facility and what were the pro’s and con’s you encountered?

Regards

Maureen

Maureen McKenzie

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control

Concord Repatriation General Hospital

C/- Microbiology Dept.

Hospital Road Concord NSW 2139
Tel 02 9767 6898 | Fax 02 9767 7868 | maureen.mckenzie@sswahs.nsw.gov.au

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