[Karen Smith]

Hi Marija ,
At Western our medical waste wheelie bins are lined. Our waste provider supplies all the yellow bins lined ready for use. We do not tie them off, our waste provider on collection of the bins does this.

Regards Karen Smith
Infection Control Coordinator
Western Hospital
168 Cudmore Tce, Henley Beach, SA 5015
Email: icontrol@westernhospital.com.au

On 2 Jun 2020, at 9:08 am, Deborah Vos wrote:

Hi Marija,

I am most interested in this
I however do not know the answer to your question, but will see if I can find out any further information

Deb

Kindest Regards
Deborah

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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of Juraja, Marija (Health)
Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2020 2:32 PM
To: ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
Subject: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Waste and MBG bib liners

Hi all,

I am asking a question. AS3816 attached for reference.
Are your clinical waste bins or medical waste bins (240 liters yellow mobile garbage bins) and cytotoxic bins lined with a bin liner?
If so what type of bin liner is used, who supplies them and who is responsible for tying off the bag when it 2/3 full?
Any help would be appreciated.

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[Karen Smith]

Hi Michael,
I was just about to ask everyone something similar. I wanted to know how others are transferring notes with patients to theatre or other departments when they have a known MRO.

Regards Karen Smith
Infection Control Coordinator
Western Hospital
168 Cudmore Tce Henley Beach SA 5015

On 13 Aug 2019, at 8:17 am, Michael Wishart <Michael.Wishart@svha.org.au> wrote:

Hi all

How do you manage bed charts under contact precautions?

Looking for some advice, as this has been an ongoing issue here for many years, and the recommendation in the guidelines has not changed in the latest version (2019), viz:

Other points relevant to patient placement include the following:

* keep patient notes outside the room

* keep patient bedside charts outside the room

* disinfect hands upon leaving room and after writing in the chart

The issue is that many of our nurse unit managers (NUMs) require the medication and observation records to be at the bedside when medications are given or observations are taken. I know in some hospitals this will involve a second staff member standing at the door recording or verifying medication orders, but in reality in the private sector this is not resourced, so is not possible. The NUMs argue that there is a higher clinical risk of medication or documentation error than there is from infection transmission risk.

Has this been identified in other facilities, and if so, how do you manage this? We have been allowing nursing staff to take the bed chart into the room for medications and observations, then wipe it over on taking it back out of the room. Obviously the paper charts themselves cannot be wiped over. Generally we try to keep the bed charts outside of the rooms outside of these activities.

Any help or advice would be gratefully accepted.

Cheers
Michael

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