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Hi Cath,
Thank you for your post re the workshop that was held in Adelaide on March 1st. The success of these educational opportunities is in part to the organisation behind the scenes, the facilitator on the day but more importantly, it is due mostly to the enthusiastic attendance of members who want to gain new knowledge, skills and network.
I would encourage anyone who would be interested in attending/holding a workshop in their state to please contact the college secretary in the first instance directly (admin@acipc.org.au) who will forward your requests onto the chairs of the Education and Research Committee. If anyone is interested (like Cath) in leading or supporting the workshop on the day, please let us know as per above.
Thank you again Cath for starting the ball rolling through the discussion list and providing such positive feedback to the college and your support.
Kind Regards
Marija Juraja
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Hi All,
I recently flew down to Adelaide to attend the 1 day Workshop by Glenys Harrington.
The workshop came highly recommended & was excellent.
On speaking with Glenys & the coordinator of the workshop, if there is enough interest for the Sydney region, a workshop could possibly be arranged.
I would be happy to do the liaising with ACIPC to help arrange a workshop.
If people are interested & could let me know I will start the ball rolling.
I have quite a few clients who would be interested not only from healthcare but also from the building industry.
Many ThanksCath Wade
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To clarify the time reference to Eastern Times this is in reference to US Eastern time:
The conversion would be 7/3/13, 2pm EST USA is equivalent to 8/3/13 6am EDT Australia.
I hope that clarifies the error and that you do take an opportunity to listen with an early breakfast!Kind Regards
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GERMS CAN KILL…If anyone is interested there is a free audio seminar by the IHI on hand hygiene.
WIHI is an exciting “talk show” program from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). It’s free, it’s timely, and it’s designed to help dedicated legions of health care improvers worldwide keep up with some of the freshest and most robust thinking and strategies for improving patient care.
Next on WIHI: IHI’s Free Audio Program
March 7, 2013, 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern Time: No Excuses, No Slack! The Latest from the Front Lines on Hand Hygiene
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Hi Michael,
We have slowly been replacing our blade fans for the bladeless ones.
Yes they are more expensive but the airflow works differently. They appear to create minimal dust collection and are a much easier system for cleaning. They also are a reduced hazard risk with fingers and hands, etc trying to poke the rotating blades as there are none!. The switch is lower to the ground so again less risk with tampering on the device.
In areas where large beautiful glass windows from an architect’s point looks great, they can actually create a heat trap where even commercial air-conditioning can’t always work in sustained hot days, hence the use of the bladeless fan!
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GERMS CAN KILL…Hi all
The question of whether we should ban portable fans from clinical areas has raised it head again here. Conventional portable fans have blades enclosed in a cage, which makes it difficult to routinely clean the blades between uses, and dust can build up significantly on the blades themselves.
A suggestion has been to change our portable conventional fans for ‘air multiplier’ type devices, which are bladeless, and much easier to clean between uses. These are considerable more expensive, so I want to ensure they would be appropriate in clinical settings, especially ICU and oncology, before recommending their purchase.
Has anyone used these devices (or looked at using) in clinical areas instead of conventional fans yet? If so, were there any clinical issues we need to note?
Thanks
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Hi Lindy,
I have a procedure which we helped to develop for our urology nurses who use Mitomycin therapy and BCG therapy. Happy to post this via your work email.
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GERMS CAN KILL…Dear Colleagues
we currently perform bladder BCG administration irrigation (using a closed system) as part of therapy for bladder Ca in our cancer care centre here & i am wondering if anyone else out there does this and if so are would you be happy to share with us your cleaning & decontamination process post pt discharge after treatment & any references you may have for this.
I am just wanting to review out process here (in discussion with our cancer CNC here) as its been a while and we are actually increasing our numbers of pts undergoing this treatment & so just wanted to see if or what may have changed & wondering if anyone out there can helpKind regards
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Hi Rita,
I have had disposable curtains in place across the whole of hospital for over 1-2 years. I have a procedure for disposable curtains also. If you would like to contact me via my email address, I will send it through to you.
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—–Original Message—–Dear list members,
Does any of you use disposable curtains in your facility? Do you have a policy or guideline for their use which you might be willing to share?
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Hi Rosie,
At TQEH we routinely use 4% Chlorhexidine as either a body wash or disposable body wipes for MRSA. Generally successful but it is always dependent on compliance whilst on the treatment, by the client.
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Hello
We have been using 3% hexachlorophene body wash as part of the topical decolonisation therapy for selected MRSA carriers who meet a specific for over 20 years. The supply is no longer available. Suggested alternatives are 1% Triclosan or Chlorhexidene. I wanted to get a feel on what others are using around Australia so hoping you can share the information. It is difficult to measure success but if you have done so it would be great to hear about it.
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Rosie
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Hi Marlize,
There is an Australian company that produces these curtains.
We have had disposable curtains up in our ED for the past 9 months in our fast track area (which can see anywhere up to 100+ patients per day) with only one small tear and a couple of marks that were cleaned with disposable detergent wipe. The curtains can also be joined and cut to size if required.
This is their website address; http://www.hainesmedical.com.au/index.php?optioncom_content&viewarticle&id102&Itemid62Kind Regards
Marija
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Hi Everyone,
Thank you to everyone that commented on the use disposable curtains.
Kind regards
Marlize
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Hi Colette, I have posted this on the list so other may use the info. The ones we trialled were from:
Biotechnics NZ,
PO Box 17291;
Greenlane 1546
Auckland, NZ Fax +64 9 5248689
They are called Endurocide. The relevant website is http://www.antimicrobialcurtains.com
Another company that has a cheaper cost-effective version is the Marlux Disposable Hospital Curtains from (they are also recyclable):
Global Medics Limited, (Karl Stanner is the person to speak to)
PO Box 97377,
42 Andrew Baxter Drive,
Airport Oaks,
Auckland 2202, NZ Fax +64 9 9209901
The relevant information web-site is http://www.marlux.co.ukHope this is useful
Antony
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Where do you source the supply from was it an Australian or New Zealand company as the ones we were looking at the only rep available was in NZ
Kind regards
Colette Chard
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Hi there, we had these curtains up in our ICU for 12 months with no issues. We replaced them once due to a contact precautions patient being in a side room. As for the antimicrobial factor I am still not sure it works. However they are very good at being able to be sponged clean if a small spillage occurs on them.
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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
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Hi Fiona,
Apologise for taking awhile to respond to this but I needed to get some clarification. I asked my colleagues at University SA what they actually teach students in their course and Terry-Renette Friebe, one of the Uni SA Course lecturers has commented back with this:
“I have recently been upgrading the literature on the wound program and must be honest didn’t see much about the wound field concept. My understanding of the wound field concept is that the wound and the dressing field are one entity, meaning that the microorganisms on the wound are the same as the dressing tray unless contamination from another source occurs. In regards to Infection control the concept of aseptic technique should still be the same regardless of the wound concept practiced. That is,
1. good hand washing
2. if not wearing sterile gloves practicing a non touch technique, and ensuring the part of the forceps and scissors touched by the hands should not be touching the sterile component of the wound field
3. if wearing sterile gloves than able to touch all components of the wound field but not able to touch non wound field environment
4. non sterile gloves are treated the same as bare hands.To be honest, I would be suggesting the students haven’t understood the concepts and the difference – the wound field concept doesn’t negate the necessity for aseptic technique. I have attached links to a number of sources I found when researching this topic.”
http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn983658278629274;resIELHEA
http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/1322-7696/PIIS1322769608604655.pdf
http://www.sawma.org.au/documents/2007_sawma_wound_cleansing_and_dressing_procedure_nov_07.pdf
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Hi Fiona
I recall the work of Tal Ellis from the Uni of SA which proposed this concept for the management of long term, chronic wounds. My understanding was that is was not really suited to acute trauma or surgical wounds. I don’t have any sources to cite for this, sorry, just what I recall of previous discussions.
I must admit I am surprised to hear universities teaching this concept for all wound care. Would be interested to hear if this is a widespread component of university training programs now.
Cheers
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________________________________________Hi All,
I was recently introduced to the wound field concept by a new graduate nurse who had failed her aseptic non touch technique competency as she was using the wound field concept that she was taught at her university.
Although I can find theoretical information on this concept I have not found any research to show that this is a clinically better practice than using an ANTT. It does not appear to be included in the latest Australian Infection Control Guidelines or the new national standards either.
Does anyone have any references to support the wound field concept especially in relation to reduction in HAI rates?
Does anyone use this concept in their facility?Kind Regards,
Fiona De Sousa
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Hi Melinda
We do a similar approach to what Michael has taken with regards to using settle plates to verify the air quality, except we did this post remodelling (cost factor). We also ensure the area being remodelled is completely sealed, staff working in the environment wear theatre blues and we used a portable double HEPA filter machine that ensures as much as possible, the air coming into the theatre environment is as clean as possible.
We also had our ICLN in theatre do daily cleaning checks and we had enhanced cleaning with a detergent/disinfectant combined solution to reduce the risk of any further environmental contamination. If any issues were identified we discussed this immediately with the theatre staff and the builders.
Our theatres were still running while the work was going on. Our post whole of theatre cleaning and settle plates returned a clean slate and reassured the staff that the environment was clean.
Hope this helps.
Marija
Mrs Marija Juraja
Clinical Service Coordinator (CICP)Infection Prevention and Control Unit
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My Facility is currently planning to close a part of the Operating Theatre down to do some renovations. The hospital executive have asked me to devise an “air quality” program. Can anyone share their experience or steer me in the right direction.
Melinda Griffiths
CNC Infection Control
Alice Springs Hospital
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