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Hi Jayne,
Glad you raised this. We are also currently attempting to find guidelines for changing water and have been unsuccessful. Any help will on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Mary
Mary Hynes | A/CNS Infection Prevention & Control | NMHS MH Department of Health
Graylands Health Campus Brockway Road Mt Claremont WA 6010
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Dear knowledge Bank,
This might sound like an odd question but one of our sites has just been had accreditation and they observed a cleaner mopping 4 bathrooms before they change mop heads and water. Bearing in mind they only mop the bathroom floor as the rest of the room is carpeted.!!! ( that’s another story). Our policy states to change after 3-4 rooms unless grossly soiled/contaminated.
Is there legislation ( I cannot find it in NSW Health or CEC guidelines)dictating how frequently mop heads and water are changed between patient rooms i.e. NON infectious patient rooms.
Common sense should prevail as changing for each room would not only be logistical nightmare but also have WH&S risks, time and cost constraints..
Happy to hear comments 🙂 Thank you in advance.
Jayne
Jayne O’Connor RN,BSc.Inf.Cont.
IPC Co-Ordinator
Sydney Adventist Hospital
185 Fox Valley Rd.,
Wahroonga 2076Tel DD: (02) 9487 9732
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