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Good morning everyone.
Does anyone have any opinion on the necessity of disinfecting washing machine internal components?I have been advised to run a wash cycle containing disinfectant every week in order for the internal bowl and piping to be decontaminated.
The ‘Codes of Practice for Public Healthcare Operated Laundries and Linen Services’ have been quoted as suggesting this however I cannot find this recommendation within them.
Any advice is appreciated.
Kind regards
Pam
Pamela Boon | Clinical Nurse Manager
Infection Prevention and Management Unit
Royal Darwin Palmerston Hospitals | Top End Health ServiceNorthern Territory Government
LG Floor, Royal Darwin Hospital, Rocklands Drive, Tiwi
GPO Box 41326, Casuarina, NT 0811p …08 892 28045
f … 08 892 28889
e … Pamela.Boon@nt.gov.au
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Hello Pam
Is this for a domestic type washer located in a ward or the commercial
washer/extractor in the laundry?Cheers
Lalith Ramachandra
LR Consulting Engineers
for Top End Health Services
PO Box 40968
Casuarina, NT
p 0401117423
e lalith.ramachandra@gmail.com* To Spot the Expert, Pick the One Who Predicts the Job Will Take the
Longest and Cost the Most!*On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 11:44, Pamela Ann Boon wrote:
> Good morning everyone.
>
> Does anyone have any opinion on the necessity of disinfecting washing
> machine internal components?
>
>
>
> I have been advised to run a wash cycle containing disinfectant every week
> in order for the internal bowl and piping to be decontaminated.
>
>
>
> The Codes of Practice for Public Healthcare Operated Laundries and
> Linen Services have been quoted as suggesting this however I cannot find
> this recommendation within them.
>
> Any advice is appreciated.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Pam
>
>
>
> *Pamela Boon | *Clinical Nurse
> Manager
>
> Infection Prevention and Management Unit
>
> Royal Darwin Palmerston Hospitals | Top End Health Service
>
>
>
> Northern Territory Government
>
> LG Floor, Royal Darwin Hospital, Rocklands Drive, Tiwi
>
> GPO Box 41326, Casuarina, NT 0811
>
>
>
> *p …**08 892 28045 *
>
> *f …* *08 892 28889*
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> *e … *
> *Pamela.Boon@nt.gov.au **w **www.nt.gov.au/health
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Hello Lailith,
This is for domestic washing machines on a ward that cannot achieve a high temperature.
CheersPamela Boon | Clinical Nurse Manager
Infection Prevention and Management Unit
Royal Darwin Palmerston Hospitals | Top End Health ServiceNorthern Territory Government
LG Floor, Royal Darwin Hospital, Rocklands Drive, Tiwi
GPO Box 41326, Casuarina, NT 0811p …08 892 28045
f … 08 892 28889
e … Pamela.Boon@nt.gov.au
w http://www.nt.gov.au/healthOur Vision: Building Better Care | Better Health | Better Communities Together
Our Values: Teamwork and Trust | Excellence and Equity | Honesty and Accountability | Service and InnovationFrom: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of Lalith Ramachandra
Sent: Wednesday, 9 October 2019 12:15 PM
To: ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
Subject: Re: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Washing machine – internal disinfectionHello Pam
Is this for a domestic type washer located in a ward or the commercial washer/extractor in the laundry?
Cheers
Lalith Ramachandra
LR Consulting Engineers
for Top End Health Services
PO Box 40968
Casuarina, NT
p 0401117423
e lalith.ramachandra@gmail.com[Image removed by sender.]
To Spot the Expert, Pick the One Who Predicts the Job Will Take the Longest and Cost the Most!
On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 11:44, Pamela Ann Boon <Pamela.Boon@nt.gov.au> wrote:
Good morning everyone.
Does anyone have any opinion on the necessity of disinfecting washing machine internal components?I have been advised to run a wash cycle containing disinfectant every week in order for the internal bowl and piping to be decontaminated.
The Codes of Practice for Public Healthcare Operated Laundries and Linen Services have been quoted as suggesting this however I cannot find this recommendation within them.
Any advice is appreciated.
Kind regards
Pam
Pamela Boon | Clinical Nurse Manager
Infection Prevention and Management Unit
Royal Darwin Palmerston Hospitals | Top End Health ServiceNorthern Territory Government
LG Floor, Royal Darwin Hospital, Rocklands Drive, Tiwi
GPO Box 41326, Casuarina, NT 0811p …08 892 28045
f … 08 892 28889
e … Pamela.Boon@nt.gov.au
w http://www.nt.gov.au/healthOur Vision: Building Better Care | Better Health | Better Communities Together
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Hi Pamela,
Below is a link to a German Case Study where a washing machine was implicated in an outbreak of ESBL Klebsiella Oxytoca in newborns in hospital.
“Isolates of the K. oxytoca strains were detected in the detergent drawer and on the rubber door seal of a domestic washer-extractor machine, used in the same ward to wash laundry of the newborns as well as in two sinks. …The environmental findings were compared with those of the human strains and the isolates detected on the clothing. The results showed that the strains were identical using both techniques, (ST201 and pulse-field-gel-electrophoresis [PFGE] type-00531, a clone specific to this hospital and not previously isolated in Germany), emphasizing the washing machine as a reservoir and fomite for the transmission of these multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR). After the washing machine had been taken out of use, no further colonizations were detected over a following 4-year period.
Where our facility use a domestic washing machine, in mental health and rehabilitation as part of patient recovery, a disinfectant cycle is run using sodium hypochlorite between all uses. All other domestic washing machines have been removed from our facilities.
Kind regards,
Fiona De Sousa CIPC-E | Nurse Manager | Infection Prevention & Control Unit
Launceston General Hospital, Level 2, Launceston TAS 7250
phone: 6777 6715 | fax: 6777 5170 | email: fiona.de.sousa@ths.tas.gov.au |
intranet: http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/intranet/thon/infection_controlGood morning everyone.
Does anyone have any opinion on the necessity of disinfecting washing machine internal components?I have been advised to run a wash cycle containing disinfectant every week in order for the internal bowl and piping to be decontaminated.
The ‘Codes of Practice for Public Healthcare Operated Laundries and Linen Services’ have been quoted as suggesting this however I cannot find this recommendation within them.
Any advice is appreciated.
Kind regards
Pam
Pamela Boon | Clinical Nurse Manager
Infection Prevention and Management Unit
Royal Darwin Palmerston Hospitals | Top End Health ServiceNorthern Territory Government
LG Floor, Royal Darwin Hospital, Rocklands Drive, Tiwi
GPO Box 41326, Casuarina, NT 0811p …08 892 28045
f … 08 892 28889
e … Pamela.Boon@nt.gov.au
w… http://www.nt.gov.au/healthOur Vision: Building Better Care | Better Health | Better Communities Together
Our Values: Teamwork and Trust | Excellence and Equity | Honesty and Accountability | Service and InnovationMESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.
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