Sterile instrumentation evacuation/ retrieval contingency plan – does anyone have one

[Ryan, Lindy]

Hello brains trust

Just wondering if anyone out there has developed an sterile instrumentation evacuation/ contingency plan in the event of power failure / chiller failure, /aircon failure etc …..some sort of failure which may affect & increase humidity and as such then affect our sterile instrumentation (particularly in our operating theatres) – we are a humid climate here in mid north coast

We currently have alarm controls for temp & humidity now in place … these are set under thresholds for all our sites (we have 7 rural sites) that will alert/ communicate the issue to designated staff if they monitor outside the thresholds (like we do for vaccine & blood fridges) .
the question being when/ if it does alarms what will our recommended actions be ie what do our staff need to do/action other than checking the stock and how long have they got with potentially retrieving & relocating
1. disposable prepacked sterile consumables and
2. re-usable medical devices

and any ideas where is the best place to store sterile stock once removed to decrease the risk of these items no longer being sterile in between getting them transferred to our larger sites to return to temperature controlled areas (or do we just write off the lot!?)

Anyhow just wondering if anyone out there has any similar or local document developed (or they know of any reference points to send me to ) that they would be willing to share before we consider & embark on this project for our business continuity plan

Thanks as always

Kind regards

Lindy

Lindy Ryan

District Infection Prevention & Control CNC | Clinical Governance Unit MNCLHD
Level 1 Coffs Specialist Centre, Pacific Hwy, Coffs Harbour
Mob 0419 990 693 | lindy.ryan@ncahs.health.nsw.gov.au
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au

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[Anonymous]

Hi Lindy,

I’m not sure if you have seen this resource?

http://www.csao.net/files/pdfs/High%20Humidity%20in%20Sterile%20Storage%20CS
A%20July%202007.pdf

Kind Regards

Terry McAuley

Sterilisation & Infection Prevention and Control Consultant

STEAM Consulting Pty Ltd ACN 604 439 698

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Of Lindy Ryan
does anyone have one

Hello brains trust

Just wondering if anyone out there has developed an sterile instrumentation
evacuation/ contingency plan in the event of power failure / chiller
failure, /aircon failure etc …some sort of failure which may affect &
increase humidity and as such then affect our sterile instrumentation
(particularly in our operating theatres) – we are a humid climate here in
mid north coast

We currently have alarm controls for temp & humidity now in place . these
are set under thresholds for all our sites (we have 7 rural sites) that
will alert/ communicate the issue to designated staff if they monitor
outside the thresholds (like we do for vaccine & blood fridges) .

the question being when/ if it does alarms what will our recommended
actions be ie what do our staff need to do/action other than checking the
stock and how long have they got with potentially retrieving & relocating

1. disposable prepacked sterile consumables and

2. re-usable medical devices

and any ideas where is the best place to store sterile stock once removed
to decrease the risk of these items no longer being sterile in between
getting them transferred to our larger sites to return to temperature
controlled areas (or do we just write off the lot!?)

Anyhow just wondering if anyone out there has any similar or local document
developed (or they know of any reference points to send me to ) that they
would be willing to share before we consider & embark on this project for
our business continuity plan

Thanks as always

Kind regards

Lindy

Lindy Ryan

District Infection Prevention & Control CNC | Clinical Governance Unit
MNCLHD

Level 1 Coffs Specialist Centre, Pacific Hwy, Coffs Harbour
Mob 0419 990 693 |
lindy.ryan@ncahs.health.nsw.gov.au
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au

“Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against
infection”

(Florence Nightingale Circa 1860)

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