[Vanessa Sparke]

Regarding the laundry bag issue, if I understand correctly, the linen,
plus the bag has been through the washing machine. If this is so, andthe washing machine does it’s job properly, then the laundry and the bag
would be clean when the cycle has finished. PPE required would
therefore be standard safety PPE including PPE to protect clothes from
getting wet, and gloves to protect hands from chafing.

I’ll be keen to read the advice from others.

Regards, Vanessa.

Vanessa
Sparke

Deputy Head of Discipline,
Nursing and Midwifery, Cairns Campus

Course Coordinator Graduate
Certificate of Infection Control

Lecturer,
Nursing and Midwifery

College of Healthcare
Sciences

Division of Tropical Health
and Medicine

James Cook University,
Australia

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laundry in residential aged care

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Dear brainstorm,

I am not too sure of laundry related IPC measures so, would like to seek
your guidance.

Is it okay to use “Soluble Seam Laundry bags” for soiled or contaminated
laundry instead of complete dissolvable bag in the in-house laundry?

These bags are not compatible with dryer therefore, laundry staff needs
to remove the bag manually after completion of wash or before placing
clothes/linen into the dryer.

If it is, then what is the PPE requirement for the laundry staff?

I would love to receive any advice.

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[Vanessa Sparke]

Hi Sandra, the COVID-19 site of the Department of Health (Commonwealth)
has a raft of resources for vaccination centers, including signage,
protocols, forms info sheets etc. They are generic guidelines to suitall vaccination centres.

Regards, Vanessa.

Vanessa Sparke
Lecturer, Bachelor of
Nursing Science

Course Coordinator,
Graduate Certificate of Infection Control

Nursing and Midwifery,
College of Healthcare Sciences

James Cook University, Australia

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Service

Dear colleagues.

I need to develop resources (incl. Policies, Procedures, Protocols,
Forms, Information Sheets, etc.) to roll out a COVID-19 vaccination
service for Residential Aged Care Staff working across multiple sites.

I’ll be forever thankful to anybody willing to share existing
resources, andhope I’ll be able to return the favour in the future.

If you are able to assist, please contact me using the details
provided below.

Sandra Roodt CICP-E
National IPC Project Lead

Little Company of Mary Health Care Ltd
Level 12 – 135 King StreetSydneyNSW2000
M:0438 520 736
E:sandra.roodt2@calvarycare.org.au

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[Vanessa Sparke]

Hi Kate, I cant really answer your questions however I have been
involved with the roll out of the GP respiratory clinics, and now
vaccination clinics for the Dept of Health. We have undertaken initial
IP&C auditing and then follow-up auditing (at about 6 months) and the
feedback I am getting is that the products approved by TGA as being
virucidal (Viruclean, bleach etc) have destroyed keyboards, iPads,
thermometers and other electronic devices through the degradation of the
plastic casings. As the GP clinics are cleaning touch points after very
patient encounter these are being wiped over between 2 and 50 times a
day (depending on how many COVID tests they are doing).

Just more evidence that it happens!

Vanessa Sparke
Lecturer – Nursing and Midwifery
James Cook University, Cairns Campus
Building A2, room 137.1
E: vanessa.sparke1@jcu.edu.au
P: 61 7 42321531

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plastics in ward based shared equipment/devices

Hi Everyone,

We are currently reviewing the clinical equipment cleaning processes
used at our health service as there is a lot of variation of practice
between wards/people, and with products used compared with those
recommended in the IFU. However, the main reason we are reviewing this
is due to having a significant number of items turning up at our
engineering dept with stress cracking in the plastics.

Has anyone previously investigated environmental stress cracking in
plastics of clinical equipment at your organisation?

If yes, are you able to share with me your findings and whether it was
able to be attributed to a particular reason?

What do you recommend for cleaning products in ward settings (e.g. IV
pumps, commodes, weigh chairs, obs machines etc.)? In particular:

* Do you direct staff to use only 1-2 products to make it easy to
know which one to use for which circumstance (clinical vs environmental
OR clinician vs cleaner) ?
* Or do you specify a particular product for each individual item or
group of items as per the IFU?
* If you go against the IFU recommendations, what process did you
go through to decide on the chosen product?

Looking forward to hearing from everyone’s experiences.

Kind regards

Kate Ryan

RMD Program Officer

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Infectious Diseases Department
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