[Michael Wishart]

[Cross-posting from Infexion Connexion – Moderator]

Hello all,

I am also interested in this for ALL STAFF as I am working on a Quality improvement project for cleaning in our Hospital which has Aged Care and a Medical Clinic attached.

Kind regards,

Judith Penman

Infection Control Coordinator
Phone: 0260763296

Email: Judith.Penman@corryonghealth.org.au

20 Kiell Street

Corryong
VIC

“Together, Strengthening the Health of Our Community”

Corryong Health acknowledges the traditional owners of this land on which we stand and pay our respects to the elders, past, present and future, for
they hold the memories, the traditions and the culture of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

.

This communication is intended only to be read or used by the addressee. The information contained in this communication may be confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, distribution,
disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this communication is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery to you. If you have received this communication in error,
please destroy it and notify the sender by return email.

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

[Cross-posting from Infexion Connexion – Moderator]

Agree with Vanessa, Risk assessed and used if the risk of transfer of infection is low , however not using expired or damaged RATs

Rhonda Schatz
National Infection Prevention & Control Advisor
P +61293248720 | F 02 8241 1690 | M +61418118943
W http://www.opalhealthcare.com.au

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

[Cross-posting form Infexion Connexion – Moderator]

Hi Vanessa,

Thank you so much for sharing your inputs on how you managed your expired PPEs and all that. This is of much help. I agree it may not be the best practice but this is better than not doing anything and dealing with too much unwanted wastage. The management of all expired PPE and how you approach it now lies to the organisation itself, I believed.

Thank you again. Much appreciated 🙂

Best regards,
Wadin Caneda
RN Div 1
IPC Nurse Lead / ANUM

Euroa Health, 36 Kennedy Street Euroa VIC 3666
PO Box 126 Euroa VIC 3666
T +61 3 5795 0200  ❘ wadin.caneda@euroahealth.com.au

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

[Cross-posting from Infexion Connexion – Moderator]

Hi Wandin
We have applied a risk-based approach to expired PPE.

For example:
1) Nitrile gloves
 have been put into general circulation for use when vinyl gloves would normally have been used.
 Risk = same as using vinyl gloves for standard precautions.
 Rationale = stock is in good condition (ie: not water or heat damaged, packaging is intact), and reduces environmental impact (not discarding just because of an expiry date).
2) Shields
 Still in use for outbreaks despite any potential expiry date.
 Risk = what impact would an expiry date have on the quality of the product?
 Rationale = stock is in good condition (ie: not water or heat damaged, packaging is intact). Suspect impact to staff is low if used out of date but remains in good (new) condition. Consideration to environmental impact (not just discarding because of an expiry date).
3) Gowns
 Still in use for any type of outbreak despite any potential expiry date.
 Risk = What is the actual percentage of transmission of a microorganism via clothing which has become contaminated due to an out of date gown? OR are we just talking a theoretical possibility.
 Rationale = stock is in good condition (ie: not water or heat damaged, packaging is intact), and impact to staff low if used out of date but remain in good (new) condition. Staff are going home, changing, and washing clothes at end of each shift. Reduction of environmental impact (not just discarding because of an expiry date).
 This one is probably the most controversial, however the risk of transference would be low versus negligible if new and in date.
4) N95 masks
 Not an issue, ours are all in date.
5) RATs
 We have discarded cartons and cartons of test kits.
 Risk = if an out-of-date RAT is used and incorrectly gives a negative result, thus the person enters the facility, spread and subsequently infect residents and staff resulting in an outbreak.
 Rationale = they have a preservative which will wane in effectiveness over time and strict storage requirements cannot have been guaranteed (ie: power failure etc) they have been discarded.

Hope this helps.
I know my response will be seen as NOT best practice, but this is what is really happening.

Vanessa Watkins
RN, Quality Manager & IPC Lead
Donwood Community & Aged Care Services
11 Diana Street, Croydon 3136
9845 8509 (Mon – Thur)
vwatkins@donwood.com.au
http://www.donwood.com.au

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

[Cross-posting from Infexion Connexion – Moderator]

Education for Cleaning Staff in Residential Aged Care

Hi All

I would be interested in this both for cleaning staff and for clinical staff.

Kind regards
Penny Birchmore
National Infection Prevention and Control coordinator, garrison health.
pcbirchmore@GMAIL.COM

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

How can I add attachments? Or can’t I?

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

[Posted in the wrong thread, so I am fixing it – Moderator]

Actually, I would suggest it depends on the pan flusher / sanitiser used, and the ability of the waste stream to manage soiling. Not necessarily one size fits all. Check with the pan flusher/sanitiser manufacturer and with your local maintenance/engineering team to ensure this will not cause problems. Those facilities using local septic systems may-have more problematic scenarios around this.

Cheers

Michael

Michael Wishart | Infection Control Coordinator, CICP-E

St Vincents Private Hospital Northside | 627 Rode Road CHERMSIDE QLD 4032
M +61 448 954 282 | T +61 7 3326 3068 | F +61 7 3607 2226
E michael.wishart@svha.org.au |
W https://www.svphn.org.au

St Vincents Private Hospital Brisbane | 411 Main Street KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169
M +61 448 954 282 | T +61 7 3240 1208 | F +61 7 3240 1166
E michael.wishart@svha.org.au |
W https://www.svphb.org.au

MESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.

The use of trade/product/commercial brand names through the list is discouraged by ACIPC. If you wish to discuss specific reference to products or services by brand or commercial names, please do this outside the list.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a new message send an email to acipclist@acipc.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to admin@acipc.org.au

You can unsubscribe manually from this list by sending ‘signoff acipclist’ (without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

Oh and PLEASE DO NOT CLICK THE LINK in the spam email. I doubt it is riches you will get.. .
Cheers
Michael Wishart
ACIPC Infexion Connexion Administrator
—
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

On 17 November 2015 1:32:17 pm AEST, “F.Johnson” wrote:
>Online Bot will bring you wealth and satisfaction. MESSAGES POSTED TO
>THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT
>THE OPINION OF ACIPC.
>
>The use of trade/product/commercial brand names through the list is
>discouraged by ACIPC. If you wish to discuss specific reference to
>products or services by brand or commercial names, please do this
>outside the list.
>
>Archive of all messages are available at
>http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.
>
>Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a
>new message send an email to aicalist@aicalist.org.au
>
>To send a message to the list administrator send an email to
>aicalist-request@aicalist.org.au.
>
>You can unsubscribe from this list be sending ‘signoff aicalist’
>(without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au

MESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.

The use of trade/product/commercial brand names through the list is discouraged by ACIPC. If you wish to discuss specific reference to products or services by brand or commercial names, please do this outside the list.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a new message send an email to aicalist@aicalist.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to aicalist-request@aicalist.org.au.

You can unsubscribe from this list be sending ‘signoff aicalist’ (without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au

——J58Y1SUQLALQORN985VORTTYF037MM
charset=utf-8

Oh and PLEASE DO NOT CLICK THE LINK in the spam email. I doubt it is riches you will get.. .
Cheers
Michael Wishart
ACIPC Infexion Connexion Administrator
—
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

On 17 November 2015 1:32:17 pm AEST, "F.Johnson" <Johnson_Amelia@ALLSTARSTATS.COM> wrote:

Online Bot will bring you wealth and satisfaction.
MESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.

The use of trade/product/commercial brand names through the list is discouraged by ACIPC. If you wish to discuss specific reference to products or services by brand or commercial names, please do this outside the list.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a new message send an email to aicalist@aicalist.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to aicalist-request@aicalist.org.au.

You can unsubscribe from this list be sending ‘signoff aicalist’ (without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au

MESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.

The use of trade/product/commercial brand names through the list is discouraged by ACIPC. If you wish to discuss specific reference to products or services by brand or commercial names, please do this outside the list.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a new message send an email to aicalist@aicalist.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to aicalist-request@aicalist.org.au.

You can unsubscribe from this list be sending ‘signoff aicalist’ (without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au
——J58Y1SUQLALQORN985VORTTYF037MM–

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

Apologies for the spam…. first spam message to get through in some time. Operator error – clicked the wrong button! 🙁

Thanks
Michael Wishart
ACIPC Infexion Connexion Administrator
—
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

MESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.

The use of trade/product/commercial brand names through the list is discouraged by ACIPC. If you wish to discuss specific reference to products or services by brand or commercial names, please do this outside the list.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a new message send an email to aicalist@aicalist.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to aicalist-request@aicalist.org.au.

You can unsubscribe from this list be sending ‘signoff aicalist’ (without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au
——4H8HHOZ03HDPUE47VH54UXFJ6EGJYI
charset=utf-8

Apologies for the spam…. first spam message to get through in some time. Operator error – clicked the wrong button! 🙁

Thanks
Michael Wishart
ACIPC Infexion Connexion Administrator
—
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
MESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.

The use of trade/product/commercial brand names through the list is discouraged by ACIPC. If you wish to discuss specific reference to products or services by brand or commercial names, please do this outside the list.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a new message send an email to aicalist@aicalist.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to aicalist-request@aicalist.org.au.

You can unsubscribe from this list be sending ‘signoff aicalist’ (without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au
——4H8HHOZ03HDPUE47VH54UXFJ6EGJYI–

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

I came across this great article by Dr Tara C Smith (Epidemiologist) in the US, and thought it was very useful to share. We may not have any direct links to Ebola patients yet in Australia, but the West African outbreak is growing still, and it may only be a matter of time before we hear of possible cases in Australian healthcare workers assisting in control, or in travellers to Australia.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/08/ebola_in_united_states_research_on_deadly_hemorrhagic_fevers_lassa_marburg.html?wpsrcsh_all_dt_tw_ru

Dr Smith’s blog has more useful info on Ebola as well, including discussion on risks of airborne transmission. If you in a humorous mood, have a look at the handy diagram at the end of that blog post (warning: strong language)

http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2014/08/03/are-we-sure-ebola-isnt-airborne/

Cheers
Michael

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
627 Rode Road, Chermside, Qld 4032
t: (07) 3326 3068 | f: (07) 3607 2226
e: Michael.Wishart@svha.org.au
w:www.holyspiritnorthside.org.au
Please consider the environment before printing this email

[http://www.interactivejam.com.au/images/ACIPC-conference.jpg]

MESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.

The use of trade/product/commercial brand names through the list is discouraged by ACIPC. If you wish to discuss specific reference to products or services by brand or commercial names, please do this outside the list.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a new message send an email to aicalist@aicalist.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to aicalist-request@aicalist.org.au.

You can unsubscribe from this list be sending ‘signoff aicalist’ (without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Michael Wishart]

Michael Wishart
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside & St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD
michael.wishart@svha.org.au

[Author]

Posts