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Hi Cath,
We have in our Professional Dress Code guideline the following statement:Cultural Dress Requirements:
For nurses that have specific cultural dress requirements, the following applies:
* Skirts are of a style that does not restrict movement.
* Sleeves are tight fitting at wrist length and are able to be secured above elbow for hand washing techniques
* Headwear will be short length, secured with clips not pins, and will not cover any part of the faceOur hand hygiene guideline also states that you should be bare-below-the -elbows but that if long sleeves are worn they need to be able to be pushed up for clinical contact.
Regards,
Donna.
Donna Cameron
Manager Infection Control
Austin Health
P.O. Box 5555
HEIDELBERG Vic 3084
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auHi All,
We would greatly appreciate any feedback regarding how this issue is managed in your facilities.
Long sleeves for religious / cultural reasons is not a common occurrence in our community.
We have a policy in place which we are about to review.
Many ThanksCath Wade
Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Prevention and Control
Level 1, 67 Holden Street Gosford Hospital
Catherine.Wade@health.nsw.gov.au or CCLHD-IPAC@health.nsw.gov.au
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Hi Louis,
We have a pet therapy guideline that I will send to you directly.
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Donna.
Donna Cameron
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Austin Health
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auDear All
Wondering if anyone might have a pet therapy/visitation policy that they would be willing to share. Our rehab campus are wanting to allow an external organisation to bring dogs into the hospital. Love to hear from people who are running such a program. Thanks
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Hi Che,
At Austin Health we have been using 1000ppm bleach for all general cleaning in clinical areas for several years – not just as a terminal clean. The patients are present in the room during general cleaning (as would be expected) and we haven’t experienced any problems or complaints. I don’t know of any official timeframe other than there are recommended levels for chlorine vapour. We did some air testing of the chlorine levels during dispensing of the product and cleaning to reassure staff that they were safe. All levels sampled were satisfactory.
Regards,
Donna.
Donna Cameron
Manager Infection Control
Austin Health
P.O. Box 5555
HEIDELBERG Vic 3968
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auHi all,
I am wondering if anyone out there knows of an official documented timeframe/recommendation on placement of a patient in a single or negative pressure room post Bleach clean?
I have looked through the NSW environenmental cleaning policy & cannot find a timeframe. At present I am being fed back 30 minutes, but this appears more so for patient comfort in regards to fume clearence.
Regards,
Che Jarvis
Acting CNC Infection Control| Nepean Hospital
Level 2, South Block
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Hi Ravi & Michael,
At Austin Health (Melbourne) while we never remove a VRE alert from the patient record we do clear them allowing them to come out of precautions. It is dependent on how long ago their last positive VRE sample was, the ward they are admitted to and if they are being put onto a course of treatment antibiotics. We have an algorithm the bed managers use which I am happy to share if you would like to see it. This is only applicable to the acute care setting as in our non-acute beds patients with VRE are only put into contact precautions if they are incontinent (and it is uncontainable) and uncooperative.
We also have three levels of contact precautions now (Routine, Enhanced & Intensive) and for VRE it is what we term Routine Contact precautions where staff only wear a plastic apron. Gloves are only used as per standard precautions so the contact precautions are not as onerous as they once used to be.
Currently, we dont have different screening/clearance protocols for van A or van B.
Regards,
Donna.
Donna Cameron
Manager Infection Control
Austin Health
P.O. Box 5555
HEIDELBERG Vic 3968
9496 6625
Fax: 9496 6677
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donna.cameron@austin.org.auFrom: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of Michael Wishart
Sent: Friday, 12 September 2014 2:30
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Subject: [asid-ozbug] VRE clearance[Posted on behalf of Dotel Ravindra Moderator. Replies will be copied to Dr Ravindra.]
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Subject: [asid-ozbug] VRE clearanceDear Ozbuggers,
Could we ask about your practice on VRE clearance and deflagging previously VRE colonized patients?
What are your inclusion and exclusion criteria for the clearance?
Is there a differentiation according to the van type van A vs. van B?We currently dont have a policy or procedure for clearing VRE flagged patients, but are feeling increasing pressure to do so.
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Ravi Dotel (ID registrar Liverpool Hospital)
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Hi Heather,
At our facility we always do at least one clean after the builder’s clean. We use a bleach detergent product which is a one-step bleach cleaning process. This is used because it is the standard cleaning product used for all cleaning throughout our facility in clinical areas (not just terminal cleans).
In some areas if we are going to be undertaking microbiological air sampling prior to commissioning (e.g., theatre or CSSD) two terminal cleans are undertaken 24 hrs apart at least 24 hrs before air sampling.
Regards,
Donna.Donna Cameron
Manager Infection Control
Austin Health
P.O. Box 5555
HEIDELBERG Vic 3968
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auHi
I would like to place a post on the discussion forum as below.The Construction and Renovation section of the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines discuss the responsibilities of the commissioning team to ensure that a newly constructed or renovated area complies with the standards for occupation. In relation to environmental cleanliness it states ” thorough cleaning and decontamination of all surfaces including walls, ceilings, windows, ventilation systems, services cavities and ceiling spaces;”
We would like to know how other hospitals interpret this especially the requirement for decontamination.
I understand the builders do a builders clean and often facilitate a preoccupancy clean by contracted cleaners.
1. Does your hospital cleaning team re-clean all surfaces?
2. Are the surfaces disinfected after the initial clean?
3. Can you please share what process and type of products you use? i.e. a one step clean or two step clean (with a disinfectant)Kind regards
HeatherHeather Craigie
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Mersey Community Hospital,
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Hi Vicki,
We screen our joint & CABGs patients for both MRSA & MSSA. Patients are
decolonised (rescreened to determine that decolonisation has been
successful) & vancomycin added to prophylactic ABx at time of procedure
if MRSA was isolated.Regards,
Donna.Donna Cameron
Manager Infection ControlAustin Health
P.O. Box 5555
HEIDELBERG Vic 3968
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auBehalf Of Denyer, Vicki
Hi , just wondering what other areas do?
We currently attend surveillance swabs on all joint surgery & vascular
surgery patients for MRSA & if pathology results are positive we follow
patient with the decolonisation processQuestion asked at the last infection prevention committee meeting was
regarding whether or not to screen these same types of patients for
MSSA & if positive to treat with the decolonisation process as we do
with identified MRSA positive patients.Your thoughts appreciated
Vicki Denyer
Infection Prevention & Control Clinical Nurse Consultant
Lismore Base Hospital
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Hi Terry,
We use contact precautions with standard single room only required and droplet precautions added if vomiting.
Regards,
Donna.
Donna Cameron
Manager Infection Control TeamAustin Health
P.O. Box 5555
HEIDELBERG Vic 3968
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auFrom: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of TERRI CRIPPS
Sent: Friday, 25 October 2013 4:53
To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Subject: NorovirusHi 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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Hi John,
We have these types of rooms in the recently opened wards of the new
Olivia Newton John Cancer and Wellness Centre (ONJCWC). There is one on
each of the 3 wards. I’m happy to provide further information off-line
if required.Regards,
Donna.Donna Cameron
Manager Infection Control TeamAustin Health
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HEIDELBERG Vic 3968
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auBehalf Of John Ferguson
room designDear Brainstrust
Some time ago, I came across a novel configuration of a single room that
provides for both protective (positive pressure barrier) and isolation
(negative pressure) requirements. Extensive testing was described at the
Hospital Infection Society Conference, Amsterdam 2006. It was specified
under Building Note 4 by
HEFMA but the link no longer works and I’ve been unsuccessful with
chasing down the design. Concept involves an isolation room with a
positive pressure anteroom and exhaust from the ensuite room which is
entered from the main room. The design is relatively fail-safe and does
not need to be manually configured.I wondered whether anyone has come across this? Has anyone built
functioning dual purpose isolation/barrier rooms? We are building a new
paed ICU and we need both types of room !thanks
John
http://hicsigwiki.asid.net.au/index.php?titleBuilt_Environment
Dr John Ferguson
Director, Infection Prevention & Control, Hunter New England HealthInfectious Diseases Physician, Division of Medicine, John Hunter
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Hi Franciska,
Austin Health don’t have an IV insertion team. All IVs are to be resited
at 72 hrs, or 24 hrs if inserted under emergency situation – this
includes all IVs inserted by ambulance.Regards,
Donna.
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auBehalf Of Franciska Ferreira
Good Morning to you all,
Our current Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation policy states; to resite
a IV cannula every 72 hours. I know there is some debate on this issue
and recent evidence suggests routine resite is unnecessary. Current
recommendations are to resite IV Cannulas every 96 hours with the
exception of children and patients with poor veins. Saying that, not
all Hospitals has IV teams to resite all the necessary IV cannulas.Could you please let me know if any of your organizations have an IV
Team and when do you routinely resite patients cannulas?Kind Regards
Franciska Ferreira
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Dear All,
If you are looking for an audit tool you can access now and start using
then go to the UK High Impact Interventions site
(http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/Publicat
ionsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_124265 ). As I mentioned below they are listed
as superseded but they can still be downloaded and are certainly still
relevant. This is what Rhea and I based out tools on with slight
adaptations for local protocols (i.e. we now use sterile gloves for
peripheral IV insertions). I shall also provide our own versions of the
tools to ACIPC as suggested in a previous email.
Regards,
Donna.Donna Cameron
Infection Control Clinical Nurse Consultant
Austin Health
P.O. Box 5555
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Behalf Of CAMERON, DonnaHi Joe-anne,
We have used a UK High Impact Interventions audit tool for observing IV
insertions. The link is below. When I just went to the website it said
all of the tools are supeseded but I don’t know if there are updated
tools – I couldn’t find them. You can still download these tools anyway
which are the ones we used. They also have Excel spreadsheets you can
use to calculate the data for you if you use the tool in the same
format. We did slightly adapt and now that we have changed ort insertion
protocol we have changed it again, but the tool is very simple and easy
to adapt if required. It gives you the framework at least for what you
should include in an audit tool.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/Publicati
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Regards,
Donna.Donna Cameron
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Hi everyone
I have a very keen medical officer who wants to be a champion for
improving IV cannula insertion. Does anyone have an observational audit
tool they would like to share?I have an observational audit tool for aseptic technique – wound
dressing I would be willing to swap for IV cannula insertion!Thanks
Joe
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Hi Terrie,
Our system is the same here at Austin Health as well. The slides sheets
are single patient use (or when soiled) and go into the normal linen
bags to an external laundry for laundering. The slide sheets are a
standard item on our linen trolleys for all wards.Regards,
Donna.Donna Cameron
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auBehalf Of Fiona de Sousa
Hi Terri,
All our slide sheets are sent to the external laundry for washing. We
do not reprocess them on site at all.They are used for single patients only and when soiled or the patient is
discharged they go out in the dirty linen.Kind regards,
Fiona De Sousa
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Sydney Adventist Hospital
185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, NSW, 2076
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Hi all,
Just wondering how some of you clean the nylon slide sheets used with
pat slides? At present in the hospital there are several different ways
to do it and we would like to standardise this process using best
practice.Thanks,
Terri Cripps | Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Control | Sydney
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Hi Robert,
We have been using 2% chlorhexidine/70% alcohol for peripheral line insertions for quite some time now (although one area managed to entirely miss the change!). While we have had a standard insertion protocol for a long time we have found that different areas have been using different consumables (e.g., 2%CHG/70% alc 30ml bottle vs swab vs swabsticks) and insertion practices. As such we are currently rolling out an IV insertion pack that has a swabstick with 2% chlorhexidine/70% alcohol attached to it and credentialing all staff that insert IVs in an effort to try and standardise insertion practices.
Regards,
Donna.
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Fax: 9496 6677
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Subject: Antiseptic skin preperation for IVCGood morning
I would like to know from those facilities who currently uses 70% Isopropyl alcohol v/v in 0.5% to 1% Chlorhexidine, and are moving towards or have now changed to using 2% Chlorhexidine in alcohol specifically for insertion of an Peripheral IVC.
I am aware of the current recommendations surrounding this but would like others comments on this matter.
regards
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We have used an audit tool from another UK site (Dept of Health) “High
Impact Interventions”. They have insertion and ongoing care tools (as
well as other many other tools).http://hcai.dh.gov.uk/whatdoido/high-impact-interventions/
Regards,
Donna.
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auBehalf Of Richards, Matthew
Try the Infection Prevention Society (UK) website
I’ve attached the Quality Improvement tools link.
This site has both Peripheral Vascular Device Insertion and a Continuing
Care audit tool, plus many other auditshttp://www.ips.uk.net/template1.aspx?PageID84&cid91&categoryQuality-I
mprovement-Toolregards
Matthew Richards
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Infection Prevention and Surveillance Service
Melbourne Health
T: 9342 8325 F: 9342 8484
http://info2.mh.org.au/IPSS/NewWEB/default.htm________________________________
Behalf Of Lyndall Finn
Jane
I would really appreciate you sending me the tool also. We have done a
lot of work recently in regard to VIP scores etc so it would be great to
review your tool.Thanks
Wash, Wipe, Cover…
Don’t Infect AnotherLyndall Finn RN/RM Grad Dip Infectious Disease / Population Health
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We don’t have a tool and I’d be very interested, thank you.
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>>> On 14/12/2011 at 12:10 pm, in message
, Jane Hellsten wrote:Happy to share our audit tools for insertion of peripheral IV cannulae
and also management of peripheral IV’s.If anyone is interested please email me. Our tools are based on our
in-house protocols which are referenced to CDC guidelines.14.12.11
Jane Hellsten, CICP
Manager, Infection Prevention Control
Infectious Diseases Service
Loddon Mallee Infection Control Resource Centre
Bendigo Health
Behalf Of Tribe, Ingrid (Health)
We are currently reviewing our audit tool for monitoring compliance with
guidelines for the management of peripheral venous catheters.Are there any “gold standard” examples available for review? In
anticipation of your response, thank you.Kind regards
Ingrid Tribe
Infection Control Service
Flinders Medical Centre
Bedford Park SA 5152
Australia
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Hi Robert,
We will be implementing Tristel wipes for use on our nasoendoscopes in
the Outpatients Department in the coming weeks. We will be using them
because we have issues with the automatic disinfector currently being
used in this area. We feel they would also be of benefit for when the
doctors take these scopes to the wards to use (possibly several times)
before returning to endoscopy for cleaning and disinfection – so we will
explore this avenue as well.Regards,
Donna.Donna Cameron
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* donna.cameron@austin.org.auBehalf Of Robert Robinson
Hi all
I’m interested to hear from the list if anyone uses or has comments on
sporicidial wipes for high level disinfection of non lumened medical
devices. I have heard (but not confirmed) these are being used in some
Australian hospitals. I’m only aware of one company that has TGA
approval for their use in Australia.Your thoughts would be much appreciated.
regards
Robert Robinson
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Infection control
Nepean Hospital
Penrith NSW
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provides advice for visitors as well. We have a patient placement guide
that is colour coded with the posters to make patient placement and
correct use/application of transmission based precautions easier.I think it should be obvious for all staff that a patient is in
precautions otherwise it is too easy to walk into the room without
donning appropriate PPE. It is also necessary for visitors to know that
someone is in precautions as well as they may be required to don PPE
before entering the room.Regards,
Donna.Donna Cameron
Infection Control Clinical Nurse ConsultantAustin Health
P.O. Box 5555
HEIDELBERG Vic 3968
( 9496 6625
* donna.cameron@austin.org.auBehalf Of Nicola Swindells
Hi All,
I work in a private hospital who currently uses a colored magnet outside
the patients room to denote if any precautions are required, for example
yellow is for contact etc. This had been fraught with problems due to
people often unaware of there meanings, forgetting or missing the
magnets.I have seen some posters to place on doors released by the commission
outlining appropriate PPE and what type of precautions are in place.I wondered from a privacy issue what other private hospitals were doing
with regards to patients in isolation and whether they were using
posters on doors. I have had comments that if a poster is on the door
then it is obvious to others walking past that the patient has an
infection.I would welcome your thoughts and opinions on this subject.
Kind Regards
Nicky Swindells CNC
Infection Control Coordinator/Wound Management
Mater Hospitals Central Queensland
Rockhampton Yeppoon Gladstone
07 49313420
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