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Dear All,
My hospital is preparing for the hospital Accreditation in accordance with Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)’s audit criteria.
We are not familiar with the Australian’s infection control practices, and we would like to have your comment for whether manual disinfection process for used endoscopes is allowed in Australian.
We have reviewed The Gastroenterological Society of Australia. Infection Control in Endoscopy Second Edition 2003. Reprinted 2006 http://www.gesa.org.au/pdf/booklets/I_Control_2nd_Edition.pdf, and manual disinfection is recommended. Refer to page 31 fro details.
Regards,
Sony SO
Nursing Officer, Infection Control Team
Kwong Wah Hospital
HONG KONG SAR, CHINA
Tel:+852 3517-2409 Fax: +852 2332-3348 email:sony@ha.org.hk
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Hi Sony,
The latest version of these guidelines is the third edition published in
2010. Section 2 (2.1 – 2.7) outlines the manual disinfection process.Our facility uses manual cleaning, with automated disinfection using an
Automated Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor.Kind Regards,
Fiona De Sousa
Infection Prevention & Control Coordinator
Sydney Adventist Hospital
185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, NSW, 2076
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endoscopes is not allowed in AustralianDear All,
My hospital is preparing for the hospital Accreditation in accordance
with Australian Council on Healthcare Standards
(ACHS)’s audit criteria.We are not familiar with the Australian’s infection control practices,
and we would like to have your comment for whether manual disinfection
process for used endoscopes is allowed in Australian.We have reviewed The Gastroenterological Society of Australia. Infection
Control in Endoscopy
Second
Edition 2003. Reprinted 2006
http://www.gesa.org.au/pdf/booklets/I_Control_2nd_Edition.pdf, and
manual disinfection is recommended. Refer to page 31 fro details.Regards,
Sony SO
Nursing Officer, Infection Control Team
Kwong Wah Hospital
HONG KONG SAR, CHINA
Tel:+852 3517-2409 Fax: +852 2332-3348 email:sony@ha.org.hk
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Dear Sony,
There is a 3rd edition available of Infection Control in Endoscopy
(ICE) which is produced by GESA & GENCA but unfortunately it isn’t yet
available electronically.
I have been in touch with GENCA and pointed out to them that the 2nd
edition is still available on the GESA website and this will be
rectified shortly.No editions of ICE have ever recommended any form of disinfection per
se but give instructions for both manual and machine disinfection. The
latest version addresses the emergence on the market of machines that
have been approved for both cleaning and disinfection processes.Although the 3rd edition is not currently available electronically the
text on the Endoscope Reprocessing website (available at
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/EndoscopeReprocessing/) has been updated
to reflect the changes made in the latest edition of Infection Control
in Endoscopy. An audit tool is available on this site also which was
developed to allow staff to identify whether their practice is in
compliance with the guidelines.There are World Gastroenterology Organisation guidelines on endoscope
reprocessing which take a tiered approach to the requirements, based on
the economic level of the country. So there are baseline-all-must-do
steps then additional ones for the more developed sites and then the
ultimate for the 1st world countries.kind regards
LouiseC. Louise Davis
CHRISP (Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and
Prevention)
Queensland Health
louise_davis@health.qld.gov.au | Web: http://www.health.qld.gov.au/chrisp>>> Sony SO 21/06/2011 1:00 am >>>
Dear All,
My hospital is preparing for the hospital Accreditation in accordance
with Australian Council on Healthcare Standards ( http://www.achs.org.au
) (ACHS)s audit criteria.We are not familiar with theAustralians infection control practices,
and we would like to have your comment for whether manual disinfection
process for used endoscopes is allowed in Australian.We have reviewed The Gastroenterological Society of Australia.
Infection Control in Endoscopy (
http://www.gesa.org.au/pdf/booklets/I_Control_2nd_Edition.pdf )
Second Edition 2003. Reprinted 2006
http://www.gesa.org.au/pdf/booklets/I_Control_2nd_Edition.pdf, and
manual disinfection is recommended. Refer to page 31 fro details.Regards,
Sony SO
Nursing Officer, Infection Control Team
KwongWah Hospital
HONG KONG SAR, CHINA
Tel:+852 3517-2409 Fax: +852 2332-3348 email:sony@ha.org.hk
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