[Glenys.Harrington@HEALTH.VIC.GOV.AU Subject: Re: Medication Rooms In-Reply-To:]

Fiona,

A pharmacy area is primarily a designated area for the storage of sterile
pharmacy stock. The rationale for not having anything “wet” in these areas
is to protect the integrity of the stock from becoming wet and hence
contaminated.

Facilities for tea and coffee making in a designated pharmacy storage area
is likely to result in staff consuming fluids/drinks in the area
increasing the risk of hand/ face/mouth contact and the possibility of
hand contamination with oral organisms.

Urns should be confined to designated nutrition stations or staff tea room
facilities to minimising the risk of contaminating sterile stock.

Regards

Glenys

Glenys Harrington, Infection Control Consultant |Communicable Disease
Prevention and Control | Public Health
Department of Health | Level 14 50 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
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From:
Terry Grimmond
To:
AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Date:
29/09/2010 08:23 AM
Subject:
Re: Medication Rooms
Sent by:
AICA Infexion Connexion

Hi Fiona,

I agree with Brenda. However, you are correct I know of no studies and
no citations of incidents or disease transmissions with tea-making. It
would be a CDC Category II theoretical rationale.

Terry Grimmond FASM, BAgrSc, GrDpAdEd
Consultant Microbiologist
Grimmond and Associates
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Mob (NZ): +64 274 365 140
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From: AICA Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf
Of Brenda Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:06 a.m.
To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Subject: Re: Medication Rooms

Hi Fiona,
I would be inclined to disagree with this option. Places where Tea and
coffee are made traditionally are not kept in a pristine condition and the
medication room should be maintained in a clean environment. I see OH&S
issues as well. It would encourage more through put of staff and therefore
more distractions whilst medications are drawn up. (therefore increased
risk of error) Also hot drinks in an area where people are working is a
risk for accidental burn injuries.

Brenda Anderson
Infection Control Coordinator
Goulburn Valley Health
Shepparton
—– Original Message —–
From: Fiona de Sousa
To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 3:57 PM
Subject: Medication Rooms

Hi All,

I have been asked to consider placing a zip urn for hot water access in a
medication room. My initial response was it is not appropriate to make
tea and coffee in the same room where staff are drawing up medications.
However when I have looked for the evidence to back this up I have had
trouble finding any.

What do others think about this issue from an infection prevention and
control point of view?

Kind Regards,

Fiona De Sousa
Infection Prevention & Control Coordinator
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Mobile: 0408 468 470
Office: (02) 9487 9732
Fax: (02) 9472 8053
Fiona.Desousa@sah.org.au
185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, NSW, 2076

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j[^vn{{^j{z’rbFiona,

A pharmacy area is primarily a designated
area for the storage of sterile pharmacy stock. The rationale for not having
anything "wet" in these areas is to protect the integrity of
the stock from becoming wet and hence contaminated.

Facilities for tea and coffee making
in a designated pharmacy storage area is likely to result in staff consuming
fluids/drinks in the area increasing the risk of hand/ face/mouth contact
and the possibility of hand contamination with oral organisms.

Urns should be confined to designated
nutrition stations or staff tea room facilities to minimising the risk
of contaminating sterile stock.

Regards

Glenys

Glenys Harrington, Infection
Control Consultant |Communicable
Disease Prevention and Control | Public Health
Department of Health | Level 14 50 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
t. 1300 651 160 (03 909 65123) | f. 03 909 69174 | e. glenys.harrington@dhs.vic.gov.au
| http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas

From:	Terry Grimmond <tg@GANDASSOC.COM>
To:	AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Date:	29/09/2010 08:23 AM
Subject:	Re: Medication Rooms
Sent by:	AICA Infexion Connexion <AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU>

---

Hi Fiona,

 

I agree with Brenda. However,
you are correct I know of no studies and no citations of incidents or
disease transmissions with tea-making. It would be a CDC Category II
theoretical rationale.

 

Terry Grimmond FASM,
BAgrSc, GrDpAdEd

Consultant Microbiologist


Grimmond and Associates

Ph/Fx (NZ): +64 7
856 4042

Mob (NZ): +64 274
365 140

E: tg@gandassoc.com
 

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From: AICA Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU]
On Behalf Of Brenda Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:06 a.m.
To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Subject: Re: Medication Rooms

 

Hi Fiona,

I would be inclined to disagree with this
option. Places where Tea and coffee are made traditionally are not kept
in a pristine condition and the medication room should be maintained in
a clean environment. I see OH&S issues as well. It would encourage
more through put of staff and therefore more distractions whilst medications
are drawn up. (therefore increased risk of error) Also hot drinks in an
area where people are working is a risk for accidental burn injuries.

 

Brenda Anderson

Infection Control Coordinator

Goulburn Valley Health

Shepparton

—– Original Message —–

From: Fiona
de Sousa

To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU


Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
3:57 PM

Subject: Medication Rooms

 

Hi All,

 

I have been asked to consider placing a zip
urn for hot water access in a medication room.  My initial response
was it is not appropriate to make tea and coffee in the same room where
staff are drawing up medications.  However when I have looked for
the evidence to back this up I have had trouble finding any.  

 

What do others think about this issue from
an infection prevention and control point of view?

 

Kind Regards,

 

Fiona De Sousa

Infection Prevention
& Control Coordinator

Sydney Adventist Hospital

Mobile: 0408
468 470

Office: (02)
9487 9732

Fax: (02)
9472 8053

Fiona.Desousa@sah.org.au

185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga,
NSW, 2076

 


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