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Hi Christine
I would be happy to make a connection.
I look after all of the Calvary Aged Care Facilities
Deb
Deborah Vos
National Infection Prevention and Control Advisor – Aged Care
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Hi thereI’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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SA health have some great resources
Deborah Vos
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Good morning,
Does anyone have a patient information sheet for MRSA Clearance/load reduction they are willing to share?
Warm Regards
KristinKristin Ryan-Agnew
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Thank you Michael
I had had the same/similar thoughts and had discussed this with the staff member presenting the complaint, we also confirmed that the theatres don’t “suck air in”, rather the air is forced outwards, ( experiment confirmed this lol) so little likelihood of contaminants floating inwards.
thanks
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Hi DeborahHats for surgical safety are about preventing foreign objects for entering open wounds. I would be looking at opportunities for open wounds to be contaminated with loose hair.
Are all theatre doors closed during procedures? Do Day Surgery or Recovery staff stick their heads into OTs whilst procedures of being performed? Or instrument sets opened in the stock rooms before being taken into the theatres?
If none of these things apply, the opportunity for loose hair to get into an open wound is pretty small.
However, you should also check the ACORN guidelines (don’t have a current copy handy to look at, sorry) to see what the standard is for all staff entering the zones you have designated for theatre garb. If the ACORN guidelines say hats must be worn by all staff entering those zones, you should comply with this.
Hope this helps. Changing staff behaviours can be difficult, so you will need very sound arguments to any make changes necessary.
Cheers
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Dear Brains trust
I work in a small hospital and it has been customary here for the Day surgery and Recovery staff to NOT wear hats
They do go over the yellow line in the hallway which the theatres have their entrances opening onto and they do enter stock stores rooms –
Do others have a blanket rule? As to the wearing of Surgical hats?
Deborah Vos
Infection Control Coordinator
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