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Hi Paul
I have been involved in the design and commissioning a new 100 bed regional acute care hospital which opened in May 2013 and we elected to install sensor taps at all clinical hand basins. There were plenty of nay sayers including our maintenance staff however the taps are working well they just needed some initial temperature adjustments. High microbial counts are usually associated with aerators on taps which should not be installed on any taps at clinical hand basins. My advice is be very clear about the required temperature and aim for body temperature. We do find in the ambulatory care wing that on Monday morning when the water in the pipes is cold it takes a few minutes to get to the correct temperature. Needless to say you need to avoid hot water at all costs and I found I had to debate this issue with the contractors on a few occasions.
Regards
Maureen CreminRegional Infection Control CoordinatorWACHS Great Southern
Date: Fri 7 Feb 2014 03:44:05 +0000Hi All
My hospital has just entered into a major redevelopment phase & I have had a number questions about installing sensor operated taps in both clinical & non-clinical environments. I have initially been reticent about
their use based on the report from the John Hopkins that suggested senor taps had higher bacterial counts which they speculated may be due to the increased complexity of these taps. However a joint ASHE & APIC Statement on Recently Presented Research on
Electronic Faucets (2011) is generally supportive of their use. There isnt a heap of evidence out there to draw any absolute conclusion on so I was wondering if anyone out there has a view or experience with installing & using sensor taps.Regards
Paul Simpson RN MSc
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Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
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Hi Sue
As you can imagine we have restrictions on what we can put on our beautiful new walls! I have found a great removable poster Sc—- tape by ?M available at the local stationary shop, that solves the problem neatly!Regards
Maureen Cremin
Regional Infection Control Co-ordinator
WACHS Great Southern—–Original Message—–
Hi,
Does anyone know of any evidence around reusable adhesive(………-a colour tac!!)being ‘an infection control risk’?
I was told yesterday of posters being being held up by this commonly used material being removed because of the risk.
A Google search did bring up a few hits with the words ‘infection control risk’ and said product being mentioned in the same breath.Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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Sue
“Hand Hygiene before and after EVERY patient contact”
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Narrogin Hospital
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We give them a choice – change into nice clean scrubs or wear a gown over
their overalls.Regards
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Of Sandra WhartonWhat to wear when entering the SSD Department, is being hotly debated in our
area.The question is – Do maintenance staff have to put on theatre scrubs when
entering the SSD dept to perform routine work on the sterilisers?I would like to know what other facilities do.
Thanks
SandraSandra Wharton
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Dear Annette
I recommend that you refer to the Australian Standard 4185. Yes perforated
instrument trays should be used, even though you are using a pre-vac
steriliser. Racks should be used to hold bowls (kidney dishes, gallipots
etc.) on their side to enable the steam to penetrate into the bowls etc. and
prevent “nesting”. The autoclave/steriliser should also record the data on
parameters reached (or print out the validation) of every cycle which is
kept for a few years. Stickers with the time, date, steriliser and cycle
should be attached to every pack/packet for tracking of instruments; these
stickers are then attached to the patients, operation notes for tracking if
required.Kind regards
Maureen Cremin
Regional Infection Control Co-ordinator
SCHS Great Southern WA
Of Annette Kennedy
Dear all,
we are currently seek guidance on some advice we were recently given with
respect to our CSD department sterilisation processes. The issue is in
reference to the way in which we package our instruments within our excision
packs prior to the sterilisation process.We use large plastic Kidney dishes to house our surgical instruments
(allowing for instrument extension to expose the hinges during the
sterilisation process, and to immobilise them) and galipots within the
excision packs. The way in which the instruments are extended within the
kidney dishes, allows for some space between the instruments and the base of
the kidney dish. Additionally we add a steam indicator into the pack. The
kidney dishes x2 are then wrapped in Kimguard prior to sterilisation.They are then placed into a Tuttnaeur Prevac autoclave. We have been told
that this packaging is not going to allow for the adequate sterilisation of
the instruments as the kidney dishes will not allow permeation of the steam
process. Our question is, since the machine is a prevac should this in
fact be a problem? Our steriliser is regularly serviced and undergoes annual
validation and calibration to ensure correct sterilisation occurs.Thank you for your time and help with this issue, I look forward to a
response.Kind regards,
Annette Kennedy
DDON
Skin & Cancer Foundation Australia
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