[Sue.Greig@HEALTH.GOV.AU Subject: Re: Consumption of food stuff in ward areas [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] In-Reply-To:]

Hi Helen,
It is such a shame that you can only argue a point of common sense with
evidence.
I agree the ‘evidence’ is poor in this area but OHS (Workplace Health and
Safety) provides the opportunity for employers and employees to review
real and possible risks of eating in the work area. The Australian
Infection Control Guidelines do not address this issue specifically but do
provide you with a risk management framework to use for developing your
position on this for your organisation.
Some of the risks to be considered include – vermin, food/drink
contamination, odour, spills that can create slip and trip hazards,
professionalism, hand hygiene, cleaning (increased requirements),
disease/infection transmission.
Options to consider – provision of a designated place to consume
food/drinks, staffing allocation sufficient to cover breaks, governance of
decisions made, consultation with those affected.

Good luck,
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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Helen Scott
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Has anyone got anymore information on this please? I’d like to provide
evidence and documentation to follow up my concerns about the same thing.

Thanks,
Helen.

Helen Scott
Clinical Nurse Specialist |
Infection Control |
Anaesthetics & Recovery
Nepean Private Hospital
Kingswood, NSW.
Tel 02 4732 7333 | helen.scott@healthscope.com.au

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>>> On 10/07/2012 at 12:57 pm, in message
, “Breen,
Jennifer (MH)” wrote:
Hi All,
We are having some issues with staff consuming food in their ward area,
particularly at the staff base and in the corridors. We have located
articles about transmission of Hepatitis A but are hoping to source
articles to provide further evidence . Our current hospital guidelines are
fairly general in this area and pertain more to an outbreak of gastro .

Kind Regards

Jenny Breen
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Infection Control
Maroondah Hospital
Tel: 98713175 Pager 0111

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