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    Claire Rickard
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    Claire Rickard

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    HI Rosie

    I would recommend you do a small quality improvement/research study and
    culture some of the used cannula. It would be great to get the ports
    cultured (and also check the tip culture (internal and external)). Have a
    talk to your micro lab senior scientist and ID physician, they might be
    interested in helping you and collaborating on a study? And I would get the
    anaesthetists on board with it too, – if they think they are good to use,
    let us get data and find out!!?? You would also need some control catheters
    (non-ported) also used in theatre for similar number of hours/accessed. And
    some no-used controls (from straight out of the packet).

    Would be exciting and useful research to present at ACIPIC!!

    PM me if you would like any advice 😀

    Dr Claire Rickard, Professor, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in
    Nursing Interventions in Hospitalised Patients, Menzies Health Institute
    Queensland
    Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR)
    Visiting Scholar at the Princess Alexandra, Prince Charles, and Royal
    Brisbane & Women’s Hospitals

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    #71957
    Tim Spencer
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    Tim Spencer

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    That’s a great idea Claire!
    Show them the evidence!!
    Tim..

    Timothy R. Spencer, RN, APN, DipAppSci, Bach.Health, ICCert, VA-BC.
    Independent Vascular Access Consultant
    President, Australian Vascular Access Society
    Conjoint Lecturer, South West Sydney Clinical School | Faculty of Medicine | University of NSW
    Representative – WoCoVA Global Strategic Committee
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    > On Mar 18, 2015, at 9:22 PM, Claire Rickard wrote:
    >
    > HI Rosie
    >
    > I would recommend you do a small quality improvement/research study and culture some of the used cannula. It would be great to get the ports cultured (and also check the tip culture (internal and external)). Have a talk to your micro lab senior scientist and ID physician, they might be interested in helping you and collaborating on a study? And I would get the anaesthetists on board with it too, – if they think they are good to use, let us get data and find out!!?? You would also need some control catheters (non-ported) also used in theatre for similar number of hours/accessed. And some no-used controls (from straight out of the packet).
    >
    > Would be exciting and useful research to present at ACIPIC!!
    >
    > PM me if you would like any advice 😀
    >
    >
    > —
    >
    > Dr Claire Rickard, Professor, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions in Hospitalised Patients, Menzies Health Institute Queensland
    > Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR)
    > Visiting Scholar at the Princess Alexandra, Prince Charles, and Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospitals
    > Assistant: Jo.Wright@griffith.edu.au Tel: +61 7 3735 4886
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    #71962
    Glenys Harrington
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    Glenys Harrington

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    infexion@ozemail.com.au

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    Hi Claire,

    If the hub of the cannula cannot or is very difficult disinfect before accessing and the cap of the hub does not stay securely in place (as per Tim and Rosie reports/observations) there is no need to do additional QI/research.

    This is a faulty product and should be reported to the supplier/manufacturer and the TGA IRIS reporting scheme.

    In order for the healthcare facility to minimise the risk and their exposure in terms of litigation they should note the problem on their risk register and include their plan to replace the product with an alternative.

    Regards

    Glenys

    Glenys Harrington

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    Infection Control Consultancy (ICC)

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    That’s a great idea Claire!

    Show them the evidence!!

    Tim..

    Timothy R. Spencer, RN, APN, DipAppSci, Bach.Health, ICCert, VA-BC.
    Independent Vascular Access Consultant

    President, Australian Vascular Access Society
    Conjoint Lecturer, South West Sydney Clinical School | Faculty of Medicine | University of NSW

    Representative – WoCoVA Global Strategic Committee
    M: +1(623)326.8889 (USA)

    M: +61(0)409463428 (AU)
    E: tim.spencer68@icloud.com

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    On Mar 18, 2015, at 9:22 PM, Claire Rickard wrote:

    HI Rosie

    I would recommend you do a small quality improvement/research study and culture some of the used cannula. It would be great to get the ports cultured (and also check the tip culture (internal and external)). Have a talk to your micro lab senior scientist and ID physician, they might be interested in helping you and collaborating on a study? And I would get the anaesthetists on board with it too, – if they think they are good to use, let us get data and find out!!?? You would also need some control catheters (non-ported) also used in theatre for similar number of hours/accessed. And some no-used controls (from straight out of the packet).

    Would be exciting and useful research to present at ACIPIC!!

    PM me if you would like any advice 😀

    Dr Claire Rickard, Professor, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions in Hospitalised Patients, Menzies Health Institute Queensland

    Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR)

    Visiting Scholar at the Princess Alexandra, Prince Charles, and Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospitals

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