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HI Fiona,
Screening for haemodialysis patientsKHA-CARI draft haemodialysis infection
control guidelines (2017) were indicating that screening for VRE in haemodialysis
patients was no longer required.
However still waiting for these haemodialysis
infection control guidelines to be finalised and reposted on their website.We no longer routinely screen for VRE
in our dialysis clinics. We manage all patients with strict standard precautions
and strict aseptic technique.
No affect on our VRE infection rates,
which were previously rare anyway.
With best regards
Carolyn Chenoweth
Quality & Infection Prevention and Control Manager, Australia
Asia Pacific Quality & IPC SME. CICP
Fresenius Medical Care Australia Pty Ltd
Payneham Dialysis Clinic,
2 Portrush Road
PAYNEHAM 5070
Australia
T: +61 (0) 8 8165 4313
M: +61 (0) 407 810 800
http://www.fmc-ag.comFrom:
"EXTERN ACIPC
Infexion Connexion" <ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU>
To:
ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
Date:
12/09/2018 12:36 PM
Subject:
[ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion]
VRE Management
Dear Brains Trust,
Our facility recently underwent accreditation
and there was surprise expressed at our ongoing screening of patients for
VRE, with verbal reports that a number of hospitals no longer routinely
screen for VRE.
I would like to know what people are doing
in their facilities- Do you screen or not screen?
- If you screen, what patient population
is screened? - If you have stopped screening Why?
- If you have stopped screening what is the
impact on VRE infection rates? - How are VRE positive patients managed?
Kind regards,
Fiona De Sousa CICP-E|
Nurse Manager |
Infection Prevention &
Control Unit
Launceston General Hospital,
Level 2, Launceston TAS 7250
phone: 6777 6715
| mobile: 0408
487 197 | fax:
6777 5170 | email:
fiona.de.sousa@ths.tas.gov.au
|
intranet: http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/intranet/thon/infection_control
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