wash bowls and baby bath cleaning

[Janet Wallace]

I am interested to know how other facilities reprocess patient wash bowls and baby baths for MRO and non-MRO patients (if you do treat them differently).

As per the NHMRC categorisation of items for patient care do you consider these items to be semi-critical or non-critical? (table below).

We are a new facility without bowl washer and no capacity to have them installed.

Table B1.13: Categories of items for patient care

Critical These items confer a high risk for infection if they are contaminated with any microorganism
and must be sterile at the time of use. This includes any objects that enter sterile tissue or the
vascular system, because any microbial contamination could transmit disease.

Semi-critical These items come into contact with mucous membranes or non-intact skin, and should be
single use or sterilised after each use. If this is not possible, high-level disinfection is the minimum
level of reprocessing that is acceptable.

Non-critical These items come into contact with intact skin but not mucous membranes. Thorough cleaning
is sufficient for most non-critical items after each individual use, although either intermediate or
low-level disinfection may be appropriate in specific circumstances.

Regards

Janet

Janet Wallace
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Infection Control – Infection Management and Prevention Service (IMPS)

Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
Level 12, Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital
Children’s Health Queensland
South Brisbane QLD 4101

T: 07 3068 3989 / mobile 0408 236 266
E: janet.wallace@health.qld.gov.au
W: http://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au

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