[Sue.Greig@HEALTH.GOV.AU Subject: Re: Spray bottles and environmental cleaning [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] In-Reply-To:]

Hi Michael,
NSW Infection Control Policy 2007_036 section 5.2 states ‘Care should be
taken not to aerosolise cleaning agents.’ however this is unreferenced
however, it has largely been linked to OH&S risks outlined on MSDS
information supplied by manufacturers.

Regards,
Sue

Sue Greig
Senior Project Officer
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
GPO Box 5480 Sydney NSW 2001 | Level 7, 1 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst NSW
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Michael Wishart
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Spray bottles and environmental cleaning [SEC=No Protective Marking]

For many years I (and many of my infection control colleagues) have been
saying that using spray bottles for environmental cleaning is not a good
thing, due to potential OH&S risks (eg aerosolisation and inhalation of
chemicals) and the difficulties of keeping spray bottles and nozzles
clean, among other concerns.

Have again been asked to justify this position, and again I am having
difficulty finding actual evidence to support this best practice
recommendation (see
http://remotehealthatlas.nt.gov.au/0719_spray_bottle_communique.pdf for
someone brave enough to put this in writing). Does anyone have any
convincing studies or well-referenced guidelines to support this
recommendation?

Would also be interested in other views: is this considered best practice
by the infection control community in Australia?

Thanks for any discussion on this.

Cheers
Michael

Michael Wishart

Public Health Nurse,Communicable Disease Control
Logan West Moreton PHU
Ph 34131200 Fax 34131221

To contact Nursing team:
LWM_PHN@health.qld.gov.au

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