[Brew, Sally]

Dear John,

Will this be available as an online presentation or perhaps being recorded & available to view later?
Kind regards
Sally
Sally Brew
Infection Control Clinical Nurse – Broome Regional Health Campus
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Email:Broome.InfectionControl@health.wa.gov.au

Hello Everyone:

Just a heads up to Save The Date, in case any of you may be interested in attending our next Water Special Interest Group meeting in Melbourne: Mon 17 SEP 2018, 2pm – 4:45pm. Attached, please find the invitation. There will be a Q&A session at the end.

Speakers:

A/Prof. Luis Prado
(Chief Medical Officer, Epworth Healthcare)
“Water, Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink”

Ms. Sarah Bailey
(Senior Consultant, QED Environmental Services)
“Protecting Patients from Legionnaires’ Disease”

Ms. Anne-Rita Vleugel
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“Variances in the Clinical Incidence of Legionnaires’ Disease”

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[Brew, Sally]

Hi Michael

I read through the WA document and it references the Australian Regulatory Guidelines for Medical Devices https://www.tga.gov.au/publication/australian-regulatory-guidelines-medical-devices-argmd

If you look up that document you will find the below under requirements of companies to provide Instructions for Use of implanted medical devices on page 203.

26. Information about precautions that should be taken by a patient and the user if there are special or unusual risks associated with the disposal of the device.

So it appears, as per the TGA, there is a requirement for the manufacturer to provide these details.

Kind regards,
Sally Brew

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WA Country Health Service Kimberley
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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of Terry Grimmond
Sent: Tuesday, 14 June 2016 6:44 AM
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Subject: Re: Explanted Pacemakers – ? disposal

Hi Michael,

What a conundrum! I note the WA Guide does not answer your Q.

Are not pacemakers sealed. If so, what is issue with,:

Remove gross soiling and organic matter with detergent

Soak in 5,000ppm hypochlorite for 10 mins

Dispose of as battery waste in sealed bag with outer label stating decontamination has taken place?

If above unacceptable, we need strongly urge mfger to accept them back after the above procedures have been performed. (manufacturer responsibility is an important avenue in healthcare sustainability)

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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of Narrogin Infection Control
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 7:39 PM
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Subject: Re: Explanted Pacemakers – ? disposal

Hi Michael,
This WA document may be helpful.

Kind Regards
Sue

SueSimmonds CN
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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] On Behalf Of Michael Wishart
Sent: Monday, 13 June 2016 7:55 AM
To: AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
Subject: Explanted Pacemakers – ? disposal

Question from my CSSD manager;

How can we safely dispose of explanted pacemakers?

What can we do with them?

VMO and suppliers do not want them back (unless specified)

We cannot clean properly unless we start to disassemble

We cannot throw into rubbish as contain batteries

Cannot throw into battery recycling as theoretically are still contaminated
Now some CSDs are known to unofficially dispose of them in the sharps which is probably even more dangerous!

Thoughts on this? Does anyone have a policy on disposal of explanted pacemakers? Do any health authorities provide advice on this?

Thanks for any advice on this.

Cheers
Michael

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