[David Purnell]

Hi Derrick,

I agree with David, Helen and Leanne. It really does come down to the
individual situation.
Commercial machines will essentially provide you with the ability to meet
thermal disinfection (65 degrees C for 10 minutes or 71 degrees C for 3
minutes) to AS NZS 4146-2000.
Domestic machines (generally) do not have the ability to program.

You can also look at chemical disinfection via powder or as Helen mentioned
via a dispensing system with a measured dose to meet Australian Standards
Happy to assist further if needed.

–

Stay Safe,

David Purnell

Healthcare Sector Lead Australia Diversey

29 Chifley Street

Smithfield 2164 NSW

Sydney Australia

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On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 12:09 PM David Mallyon-Potter
wrote:

> Hi Derrick
>
> Notwithstanding the relevant Australian Standards applicable to laundry, in
> mental health you face similar challenges to those of us working in the
> Aged
> Care sector. In AC its all about choice, that includes having provision for
> residents to be able to complete their laundry where they have the capacity
> – we simply can’t say “you have no choice, you have to use our service” –
> same issue comes to the fore when families decide they are going to do
> their
> relatives laundry – how on earth would we control how ‘clean’ their machine
> is, or what they do between loads.
>
> There are products on the market that facilitate the cleaning of washing,
> but I am not aware of any Australian standard or documented process that
> would address trying to ‘normalise’ things for those who can do them during
> a pandemic – the pandemic is something we hope will be a once in a lifetime
> experience.
>
> With residents I am lucky enough to care for there have been no issues to
> date – but I would hate to think the solution is an institutional one,
> thereby taking away more independence, which I believe would equally apply
> in a mental health setting.
>
> At the end of the day the approach I take is a risk based one and go from
> there. At this point in time, no COVID in the locale – in fact nothing for
> the last 5 months, so likelihood is way down on the scale – RESULT – Risk
> managed, happy residents.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Regards
>
>
> David
>
> David Mallyon-Potter
> Clinical and Operational Risk Manager
>
>
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of
> Derrick
> H
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 October 2020 7:11 PM
> To: ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
> Subject: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Guidelines for washing machines in
> hospital setting
>
> Hi all
>
> Just wondering if anyone has a policy/procedure/guidelines for washing
> machines in their facilities?
>
> We have a few domestic machines in our mental health wards for patient use.
> It has been brought to our attention that there are concerns of cross
> infections as these are domestic machines and the requirements for cleaning
> of machines in between patient uses.
>
> Is there any guidelines on this? Any standard that dictate that we need to
> use commercial machines instead with a specific heat setting to avoid cross
> infections?
>
> And cleaning in between patients? This will include the dryers.
>
> We have been asked to produce a guideline for our wards to address this and
> any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Derrick Hor
> A/CN
> Armadale Health Service
> WA
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