[Jane Tomlinson]

HI Terri
What a great discussion, here at RCH Brisbane we use P2 masks until vomiting has ceased, then we swap to contact precautions – we also see significant long standing norovirus colonisation in our oncology patients.

My rationale is that the vomiting is likely aerosol and that I should provide the best protection to my HCW.

We find outbreaks are usually from environmental persistence of a child’s vomit, and usually once we do a disinfectant clean – and find this usually stops any new cases in outbreak (of course we also close area to admission and have all exposed pts ‘at risk’ under contact precautions).

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>>> TERRI CRIPPS 25/10/13 15:52 >>>

Hi 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 Lindy
our generic branded liquid solution seems to now also have the ‘hospital grade disinfectant and the surface cleaning” directions, however our single use swabs and packets do not. Has anyone contacted the manufacturer yet?
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>>> Lindy Ryan 3/07/13 9:03 >>>

Dear Colleagues

Just wondering if anyone; facilities/ service had been using 2%CHG in 70% ETOH (tinted pink /red/blue) for skin antisepsis for their pt. s for insertions of CVADs or preop skin prep? and if so were you notified of the change to the physical labelling from it previously being labelled for use as skin prep – use as a preoperative treatment of unbroken skin to it at some date being relabelled as a hospital grade disinfectant with the direction of apply to hard surfaces e.g walls and floors

Can I ask then if you were aware can I ask are you still using it as a skin antisepsis even with the label change or have you stopped using for this purpose and if so what are you now using instead?

Any advice or feedback would be grateful

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HI Michael
I do try to follow up our repeated hospital stayer patients at home, I provide information on home decolonisation process & suggest same to treating team, and I send a home screening pathology package, in line with MRO clearances as you noted.
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>>> Michael Wishart 28/06/13 12:45 >>>

Hi all

I am seeking some information on current practices on clearing patients from requiring transmission based precautions for MRO carriage on re-admission. I am aware of different guidelines about clearance for MROs, but wondered if any facilities actively tries to clear a patient after discharge to the community (not via facility outpatient visits). We are looking at trialling a program for providing patients with information and pathology forms on discharge to have specimens collected with their GP or private pathology collection centre to assist to clear them from the MRO prior to the next admission. Obviously this will need to done in conjunction with our current clearance guidelines (eg no current wounds, no antibiotic treatment within a specified time frame, no indwelling devices, correct specimen types, etc).

Is anyone doing this currently? Has anyone tried this and stopped?

I hope you this question is clear. Thanks for any responses.

Cheers
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HI Sue
Queensland Children’s hospital – currently under construction – go live in 2015 went with a mix of sensor taps for type1 sinks, and hand control but levers on wall not on basin top for type 2 and 3 sinks
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>>> “Draycott, Sue (DHHS)” 27/02/13 11:53 >>>

Dear All
Here at the Royal Hobart Hospital we are in the detailed design stage of our major redevelopment project, and we are currently investigating the pros and cons of the electronic sensor taps for our clinical hand basins. I have undertaken a literature search and it appears that some facilities that have installed the newer sensor taps, as an infection prevention and control improvement activity, are now removing them and returning to the more traditional elbow taps.
The literature suggests that the complexity of the internal workings of the electronic tap and the lower dynamic water flow, could contribute to the higher level of legionella and other waterborne bacteria found by some studies.
I am very interested to hear from facilities within Australia, regarding what type of tap ware has been installed within newly refurbished areas or new construction projects.
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Hi
In our hospital we have a bracket on bulk food mobile trolleys. Staff who access to inpatient areas have wall mounted brackets at entry and exit points with alcohol foam and handwash sinks to use when wash is required.

Brand used is Cutan by Deb which has a small bracket that can be afixed to a pole.

Other areas such as food prep have hand wash sink.
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Dear All,

We are currently looking for a alcohol based hand sanitiser to use in our Food Service Department. I was wondering what the practices are out there, and what product you are using in your Food Service Departments and on your food delivering trolleys?

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[Jane Tomlinson]

from a different perspective here in Paediatrics but I vote no to carpet, will send my details off line.

I have had experience with ‘flotec’ carpet which is very hard to clean as the glue holding the fibre to backing can’t tolerate any detergents and only allows steam cleaning, and is thus the an attractive low drag flooring but was a source of an outbreak of norovirus.

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>>> Kerry Addlem 20/11/12 13:55 >>>

We are in the planning stages of building a new hospital. It is time to decide on floorcoverings.

I would be interested on your thoughts regarding carpet verses vinyl in residents bedrooms in a high care facility.

Also, does anyone have any experience with a European design Bolon textured vinyl.

I look forward to your thoughts.

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HI Cathy
At RCH – Brisbane we refer these patients to the ID physicians for follow up and support
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>>> Cathy Mowat 26/09/12 9:39 >>>

Just wondering how other places manage those from the community who present to the Emergency Department following a blood or body fluid exposure incident? Often our staff packs are used to manage the incident which sends the results back to us in infection control. We are considering that maybe a community exposure management pack should be developed and used for these people- the number of presentation is fairly low.

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HI Rebecca
Great question, I guess the risk lies with the capability for the
department for screening of children who may be visiting the nursery to
exclude signs of droplet or gastrointestinal infection? As you know
influenza is infectious for two days prior to symptoms.

Here at the RCH Bris we have see several cases of ‘hospital acquired’
infection in at risk patients brought in by siblings, children will
randomly vomit when they have norovirus and have limited personal
hygiene.

In fact 3 years ago we excluded all children under 14yrs from visiting
in the inpatient baby area due to the repeated infections brought in
this way. Yes this is difficult logistically for parents and siblings
and less family centred care but we felt protecting the already
compromised infants had to be foremost in our recommendations. We find
that visitors/siblings minimise their infections and potential risks as
they are so keen to visit with the sick patient and they don’t well
understand the consequences to the sick patient.

It is left up to the nurse in charge of the ward in special
circumstances to adjust this on a case by case basis such as for those
with multiple births.
Also our baby room has ‘viewing’ windows for siblings to see the baby
rather than directly visit.

In my experience working at NICU and SCN who did not allow any visits
from children under 14yrs this screening and control of visitors would
then conceivably fall to the nurse at bedside and could potentially
create some quite challenging interpersonal situations.

Being creative I would wonder if you could incorporate a infectious
symptoms screening tool for use at the bedside, could this require some
discussion and or documentation with each group of visitors.

regards
Jane

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>>> “Rebecca O’Donnell” 7/08/12
11:23 >>>

Good morning,

I would love some feedback regarding restrictions of visitors to
Special care nurseries.

Who do you restrict? Other siblings?

I feel as long as Hand hygiene is performed and the visitor is well I
personal feel that there is no real significant risk.

Some of our staff feel that in the case of twins, one goes home and one
stays in the nursery then the well twin shouldnt visit as the baby
might pose a threat to the babies in Special care (perhaps from a
whooping cough point of view).

Thanks,

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[Jane Tomlinson]

HI all
I have recently seen a single patient use elasticated tourniquet made
by Midmed that functions much the same as the reuseable items with the
clip which may meet your need. We are also ensuring that the reusable
tourniquets are batch washed in CSSD each day.
regards
Jane

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>>> “Paull, Gwen (Health)” 28/06/12 8:21
>>>

Hello Everyone,
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been using the single patient use,
blue, latex free Multigate tourniquets for general ward use for some
time now. These do not have a clip, but are pulled and looped under
itself. (there is a Youtube video of how this is done) These have been
cost effective and proven to be satisfactory. The emergency trollies
have the traditional style of tourniquet with a clip, as it was found
that the Multigate would sometimes snap in the urgency of an emergency
situation use.

Kind regards
Gwen Paull
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Hi Maureen Id be keen to hear of any other success stories on this
issue

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Hi all

We are currently looking into replacing reusable tourniquets with
single-use disposable tourniquets throughout the hospital.

Just wondering if anyone has implemented a similar strategy in their
facility and what were the pros and cons you encountered?

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[Jane Tomlinson]

HI Maree
We have just a few months back had this roll out using microfibre with detergent, if you wanted to discuss this with our wonderful cleaning supervisor Chris Collie his process for rolling this out (07) 3636 4040 or mobile is 0429168270
regards
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>>> Maree Sommerville 5/03/12 10:34 >>>

The Environmental Services Team at MHW is keen to trial Microfibre cleaning cloths in clinical areas.
Do any other services use these cloths and if so how were they implemented?

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Have thought this was a pretty good summary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwpV1VWQANM&NR=1

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>>> Maree Sommerville 25/10/11 15:24 >>>

My organisation is moving to On-line orientation for all new staff.
This will include Infection Control Orientation. One part of me is glad
and the other part thinks staff should at least be able to put a face to
Infection Control.
My colleague and I will be required to develop an On-line Infection
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general hospital, womens health, community care and aged care. (One
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I would appreciate some comment or tips on this subject.

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Hi Ruth
We isolate in our medical Infectious Diseases unit only and don’t allow shared play. Will send our procedure to you directly as reference.
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>>> Ruth Barratt 7/10/11 13:43 >>>

Hi there,
We are currently reviewing procedures for managing children who are colonised with ESBL or other GNB MDRO, specifically in relation to them going to the play room or other shared areas on the ward. I would like to know what you may do across the ditch in paediatric wards for this. There are only a few specific paediatric departments in New Zealand so more experiences would be really useful.
Do you have exclusion or inclusion criteria for these children attending the play room or other shared areas? An example may be that they can NOT go if still in nappies and / or have a PEG feeding tube. A written guideline/protocol would also be useful.
Kind regards
Ruth Barratt
Clinical Nurse Specialist – Infection Prevention and Control
Room 8 (old Wd31), Level 5 Riverside
Christchurch Hospital

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Hi Nicola
Here at RCH we often have this issue, we have changed over to using
dishwasher in wards for ‘special’ feeding items, and we use a basket and
box to assist in transfer from patient to washer. Any other baby bottles
and teats we use are disposable. We have a procedure and are happy to
share this resource with any interested area. Please contact me via
email.
regards
Jane

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>>> Nicola Swindells 20/09/11 13:58 >>>

Hi All,

We have an eight week old baby on transmission based precautions.
Normally we would use hospital bottles which go to CSSD for re
sterilizing. This baby has some sucking issues and requires specialized
teats. Therefore is required to use there own bottles.

The problem is where to rinse the bottles before sterilsing or cleaning
for re use.

Options;

The anti room sink No because this is where nursing staff wash there
hands
The parents bathroom This sink is where the parents wash there hands
following using toilet.
The dirty utility If they are rinsed in here they then have to go
from the dirty utility back to the patients room and potentially
contaminate from the dirty utility.
The milk room cannot be used as potential for transmission to other
babies.

If anyone has had a similar issue or can advise on what would be the
safest option given the above options. Many thanks for your time in
considering this.

Kind regards

Nicky Swindells CNC
Infection Control Coordinator/Wound Management
Mater Hospitals Central Queensland
Rockhampton Yeppoon Gladstone

nswindells@mercycq.com
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[Jane Tomlinson]

Hi
Have not been convinced of sustained antimicrobial effect on any reading I have on support materials from any product maybe you have found a new item? We change our curtain whatever the product after every infectious patient
regards
Jane
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>>> “SAWMH.ICC” 7/09/11 10:27 >>>
Good morning Everyone,
I have a few questions today on disposable curtains and their use in general and Transmission based precaution rooms. The company claims that the curtains in anti-microbial and can hang for up to 12 months, unless contaminated. Does anyone currently uses these curtains in your facilities, and if so:
1. How often do you change them?
2. Do you throw them out when a patient gets discharged from a Transmission based precautions room?
3. If it gets thrown out, do you do it for all organisms, or just for Droplet and Contact spread organisms?
Thank you
Marlize Infection Prevention and Control is Everybody’s Business
Marlize Senekal
Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator
St. Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
Wickham Terrace
Spring Hill, Brisbane
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[Jane Tomlinson]

HI Carien
Have found helpful
Graves N, Harbarth S, Beyersmann J, Barnett A, Halton K, Cooper B. Estimating the cost of health care-associated infections: mind your p’s and q’s. Clin Infect Dis 2010; 50(7): 1017-21.
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/chrisp/publications/publications.asp some other articles relating to Australian research can be found on this link
regards
Jane
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>>> Carien Coleman 13/07/11 12:50 >>>

Hi,
Does anyone know of a generic formula or assessment tool to calculate the cost of HAIs?
Kind regards,
Carien Coleman
Carien Coleman | Infection Control CNC
The Sunshine Coast Private Hospital
Syd Lingard Drive | BUDERIM QLD 4556
PO Box5050 | Maroochydore BC QLD 4558
T: (07) 5430 3245 | F: (07) 5430 3436
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