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  • in reply to: Re: Aged care IPC leads #79483
    Christine Dufty
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    Hi Christine; I have 10 RACS of various sizes under my care in the Wimmera

    Christine Dufty
    Registered Nurse | Midwife | Infection Control
    West Wimmera Health Service
    43-51 Nelson Street, Nhill, Victoria, 3418
    PO Box 231, Nhill, Victoria, 3418
    Phone : 03 5391 4216 | Mobile: 0409 443 418
    Email : christine.dufty@wwhs.net.au
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    From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of Sarah Aitken
    Sent: Saturday, 25 June 2022 12:57 PM
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    Hi Christine,

    I am the IPC lead for a RAFC on the mid north coast hosting 60 beds across 3 wards.
    Happy to make a connection also.
    Sarah Aitken

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    On 25 Jun 2022, at 12:50 pm, Deborah Vos <Deborah.Vos@calvarycare.org.au> wrote:

    Hi Christine

    I would be happy to make a connection.

    I look after all of the Calvary Aged Care Facilities

    Deb

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    From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of Christine Morrison
    Sent: Friday, 24 June 2022 11:28 AM
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    Subject: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Aged care IPC leads

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    Hi there

    I’d like to connect with other IPC leads who work in aged care.

    I am the IPC lead for Anglicare Southern Qld and support the IPCs in 8 RACFs as well as an extensive home and community care service, homelessness shelters and foster care.
    I’d like to reach out to others in similar roles to do some bench-marking and ask questions…even dumb ones!
    Is this an appropriate forum for this?

    Kind regards

    Christine Morrison

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    in reply to: Pathology of scopes growth #78101
    Christine Dufty
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    I do a QI in Riskman and scan them in, then loose the paper copies

    Christine Dufty
    Registered Nurse | Midwife | Infection Control
    West Wimmera Health Service
    43-51 Nelson Street, Nhill, Victoria, 3418
    PO Box 231, Nhill, Victoria, 3418
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    From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of Helen Roberts
    Sent: Tuesday, 29 June 2021 11:55 AM
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    Hi everyone,

    Just wondering if anyone ca tell me how long we have to keep paper copies of pathology reports of scopes growth?

    Thank you in advance.
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    in reply to: Sluice room Doors #73277
    Christine Dufty
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    I have worked somewhere that had the swipe sensor lowered so it was hip pocket height and we kept our swipe card in our pockets!

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    Christine Dufty
    Registered Nurse – Midwife | Infection Control
    West Wimmera Health Service
    43-51 Nelson Street, Nhill, Victoria, 3418
    PO Box 231, Nhill, Victoria, 3418
    Phone : 03 5391 4216 | Mobile: 0409 443 418
    Email : christine.dufty@wwhs.net.au
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    From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of yvonne inguz
    Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2016 5:24 PM
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    Subject: Sluice room Doors

    HI all
    I have been asked for a solution for access to our sluice room. Currently you have to use a swipe to get in which means handling your card whilst carrying contaminated waste. In previous places the door was always push accessible. Any comments and or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
    Yvonne Inguz IPC CNC Tennant Creek Hospital
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    in reply to: CPE patient information #73162
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    GRICG have made these available -they are the commission ones

    Christine Dufty
    Infection Control Manager
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    Hi everyone
    does anyone have a CPE information brochure/hand out for patients that I could use?
    Cheers,
    Kelly

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    in reply to: Re: IPC considerations for bidets #71093
    Christine Dufty
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    My question is bidet or bidette? A bidet has water circulated by a jet within the bath under the patient or a bidette which does have a spray that is directed at the patients nether region but then water goes into the bowl under the patient. In the first instant the patient position would limit the spray and in the second as the water falls to the bath only those in the immediate area would possibly get some mist. In both cases the water leaves via a plug system similar to bath or handbasin. The spray risk would be similar to a bath.

    Christine Dufty
    Infection Control Manager
    West Wimmera Health Service

    Hi Ruth,

    I imagine the risk of contamination in toilet/anteroom facilities with bidets would be similar to the risks associated with the use of sprayers (also called aerated spray wands) in patient toilet facilities?

    In terms of the sprayers/wands these are hoses with a nozzle which are installed at the back of the toilet and used to rinse out bed pans in the toilet bowl in anteroom toilet/shower facilities (single/multi-bed rooms) and in “hoppers” (wall-mounted sinks, with deep basins, large drains, and a spray arm that flush like a toilet) in dirty utility rooms (see attached an embedded images).

    While they are not very common in Australian healthcare facilities for patient toilets sprayers/wands seem to be more common in parts of Canada and the US (mentioned in some of Carlings publications) and have contributed in outbreaks of C.difficile in Canada – Preliminary Findings with C.difficile Outbreak in Cape Breton District Health Authority (CBDHA), 21 April 2011, Department of Health and Wellness, Nova Scotia – attached.

    A June 2009 Quebec report (Comparative Analysis of Bedpan Processing Equipment) by the Agence d’valuation des technologies et des modes d’intervention en sant (AETMIS now INESSS) recommended that “staff must not empty bedpans into sinks or toilets and must no longer use spray wands”. The report includes options in terms of appropriate reprocessing methods for bed pans and a cost analysis of each option – see link.

    http://www.hygiecanada.com/img/media/Comparative%20Analysis%20of%20bedpan%20Processing%20Equipment.pdf

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    With this at risk population (oncology) you would need an assurance that the toilet seat and surrounding area did not become contaminated during use with the bidet water (which will be contaminated with faecal and other contaminants).

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    Has anyone had to consider the installation of bidets from an IPC perspective. We are planning a brand new surgical wing and our Oncology department want to install for patients with anal fissures and other medical conditions. There are documented health benefits but I wondered about any water or other contamination issues? I notice that the Australian IPC Guidelines include a cleaning regime for bidets so I am assuming that in principle they are acceptable.

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    in reply to: Infection control research project #70598
    Christine Dufty
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    Why a P2 mask, thats seems like overkill?

    Christine A. Dufty
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    From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of TERRI CRIPPS
    Sent: 25 October 2013 4:53 PM
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    Subject: Norovirus

    Hi everyone,

    Always on a Friday afternoon!

    We have had a great debate here about what sort of precautions Norovirus requires and what sort of isolation room they need to be nursed in.

    The NSW Ministry of Health Infection Control policy PD2007_036 states:

    Contact and Airborne precautions.

    P2 mask when there is potential for aerosol dissemination e.g. patient vomiting or toileting (diarrhoea), disposing of faeces.

    Airborne = negative pressure room if available and P2 mask

    Contact = gown/apron, gloves

    Ensure consistent environmental cleaning and disinfection.

    I have always advised the staff that contact and DROPLET precautions are required if the patient is vomiting or has profuse/explosive diarrhoea. I have also advised that a surgical mask is sufficient (if worn correctly). Our little ones dont vomit and expel faeces as far as adults do too.

    We do not have the luxury of having a negative pressure room for them to be nursed in either as we do not have that many.

    I think CDC simply suggests single rooms and contact precautions.

    Just thought I would ask the other experts out there what they think about this topic?

    Also if I advise staff to follow the contact and droplet precautions and surgical mask route, am I going against policy?

    Any help on this matter would be appreciated. Happy to admit I am wrong!

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