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Hi Karen
I had asked our LPHU the same question and was informed that providing they remain fit for purpose, we can use them.
I found it highly unusual for them to have expiration dates as opposed to packaging dates.
I am interested to see other IPC perspectives on this.Sarah
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Good morning everyone
A few months ago, there was a conversation on here regarding expiration dates for isolation gowns and whether they can be used. I can’t remember the outcome of the conversation.We have a large supply from the Commonwealth stockpile that were very close to their expiration date at the time they were sent to us. Now there are some that are 4 months over the date.
Can they still be safely used in a covid or any other outbreak?
I appreciate any information that you can give me.
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Good Morning Chris
We are in process of doing the same thing across our RACFs in Victoria.
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Good morning IPC champions!
I would value your feedback on PFRs in your RACFs at the moment. I am recommending we return to surgical masks due to reduced transmission and as we are in ‘between’ outbreaks and have no positive cases or exposures, I am advising that surgical masks can be used and this will be reviewed in December when there is another predicted wave coming our way.
I am wondering what other facilities are doing? I am in Qld.
Kind regards,
Chris
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Hi Christine et al
I oversee practices across 32 RACFs in Victoria and happy to connect with other Aged Care IP partners.Sarah
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Hi Christine; I have 10 RACS of various sizes under my care in the Wimmera
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Hi thereI’d like to connect with other IPC leads who work in aged care.
I am the IPC lead for Anglicare Southern Qld and support the IPCs in 8 RACFs as well as an extensive home and community care service, homelessness shelters and foster care.
I’d like to reach out to others in similar roles to do some bench-marking and ask questions…even dumb ones!
Is this an appropriate forum for this?Kind regards
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Hi Michael,
I have staff remove spray bottles in our RACFs.
I find the biggest issue is they don’t provide enough solution to meet the wet/contact time on the product label.
Other issues are around the safety of spraying chemicals (all be it low level disinfectants) around people who may inhale the same.
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Just a general, random, not directly related to COVID-19 question.
Do you allow spray bottles to be used for dispensing routine environmental or equipment cleaning chemicals within your facility (any healthcare facility – hospital, aged care, office practice)?
I had always been of the opinion that dispensing cleaning chemicals by spraying onto surfaces in a healthcare environment was not preferred, due to overspray, vapours and mists, but now I have been approached to endorse a cleaning product that ONLY comes in a spray bottle option (or a ‘misting’ machine – which we are definitely not considering for routine cleaning!)
Do I need to upgrade my thinking, or are spray bottles still not the best option (even with disposable bottles and spray attachments)?
Happy for any comments on this.
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Hi Jude
I am also in Aged Care and this is the first I have heard of this request so am interested to know the answer as well.
Is there anyone in this forum from DoH, Victoria?Sarah
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We recently had a resident in our RACF unexpectedly pass away, not COVID related, and I have been asked by my managers to report the resident’s COVID vaccination status. My problem is I have no idea who this needs to be reported to. Does anyone have any ideas?Cheers
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Hi Kathleen
The jury remains out on this and has been a constant source of problems for us in Victoria.
The current infection control guidelines V27.1 from Victoria dept of health has a section about AC and HVAC including a table re different ways to accommodate.
Bottom line is fresh air and leaving toilet exhaust fans on while not ideal is acceptable if no other ways are available.
Cutting down on any treatments that could create aerosols is also important – nebulisers and CPAP. Keeping doors closed during and 30 minutes post treatment another mitigation strategy.Sarah
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The attached doc from The Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning associations is a good resource. It is specifically looking at air conditioning during COVID. This is a version from last year so check to see if it have been update.
Kurnitski J BA, Franchimon F, Mazzarella L, Hogeling J, Hovorka F, et al,
REHVA COVID-19 guidance document. Brussels: The Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning associations; 2020. p. 1-17.
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HI All,
Can anyone give me any direction in regards to what to do with air-conditioning/ heating systems at a Residential Aged Care site in the event of a COVID outbreak.
Given that COVID has been spread at some of the medi hotels via air-conditioning systems and in particular the Delta strain.
Is the thought that the air-conditioning would be turned off in zones affected?
Your thoughts and guidance greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Kathleen
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Good morning ladies,
Just a question regarding the validity of this expectation.People coming for the vaccination are screened on entry and can’t get the vaccine if they have any s/s of illness.
Just for perspective – hospital waiting rooms and doctor clinics do not clean the chair between every person who sits on it and they are potentially there because they are ill.
What is the rationale for this in the vaccination clinics?Sarah
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Hello Jennifer,
We have volunteers to assist the community members to clean their chair after use with a disinfectant wipe at our vaccination centre. We have around 400-500 people through each day.Hope that helps,
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Good Morning,
We have been asked to benchmark other Covid Screening clinics to see if they clean the chairs between each patient.
We have not routinely been doing this primarily due to the large volume of patients being seen however the clinic does receive a deep clean every evening.
Many thanks
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Hi Margaret
I see this created quite a buzz. I proposed the change for very valid reasons I have worked with many IP practitioners who are not RNs and have overseen programs which go through extremely rigorous re-accreditation processes with great success.
I agree that nursing unions and nurses in general would not support this but that is not a rationale to stop change. In my experience, medical insurance companies interest lies in the ability of a health care organization to reduce infections and providing that is achieved they will be satisfied bottom line with them is the bottom dollar As for all the other groups you provided they are nurses and as stated above, many nurses may not support this but there are those of us who will.
Your very arguments are the same used by physicians against nurses who wanted to move into advanced practice roles many years ago where would we be if we allowed that to hold?
I have been in health care for over 30 years and have worked in the US where IPCs do come from different healthcare backgrounds and provide a very unique and diverse perspective to our profession. Therefore, to your point, I am not proposing an untested concept but am basing in real life experience of a tried and tested change.
Like you, I am an RN with an MSN, certified in infection control (CIC), published, and have worked on HAI reduction projects with the IHI (Institute for Healthcare Improvement) one of which was presented at the national IHI conference in the US in 2013.
I have mentored many including a statistician who went on to complete a masters degree in epidemiology and is now the director of an acute care hospital program in Los Angeles. If we went by your rationale, she would not be qualified simply because she is not a nurse.
None of us who took on this role are experts in all aspects of the role my background is neonatal intensive care. I have never assisted with endoscopy procedures as an example and had to learn all aspects of scope cleaning as part of my role when I was director of an acute care hospital where such procedures took place. Construction is another area nurses are not qualified but we all learn so that we can apply IP strategies to new builds, renovations, or maintenance work that is taking place within our facilities. These are just a couple examples where the one size does not fit all can also be applied to nurses.
I hope that those of our colleagues who are not nurses can appreciate that they are very welcome in the domain of IP work.Sincerely
Sarah
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Dear All,
I’m reading the development of the conversation about who could take an IPC role with interest.
If other health professionals can take over the role of the RN IPC person, let’s have
an RN running the Haematology department or the Microbiology department.
After all, if skill mix is so transferable, why not allow RN’s to run pathology departments.
The departments are all automated these days and I’ve heard many pathology staff
complain it’s so boring pushing a calibration button or an analyse button and just
waiting for the results to print off. And while we’re at it, RN’s can take over the role
of podiatrists too. RN’s study anatomy, do a basic surgery rotation, know well how to
set up and use small instrument trays, so couldn’t someones’ example of a Podiatrist being an
excellent IPC appointee be argued toward an RN being an excellent Podiatrist.
The answer is no, the skills are not transferable across health professional roles.I know the difference. I trained as an RN, specialised in Intensive care, then went and studied
my Clinical Laboratory Science degree in the medical sciences and as both an RN and
Laboratory Scientist, I can say a laboratory scientist is not a suitable appointee as an
IPC person in a hospial with a role across patient care planning, acuity understanding,
family interaction, advising on antibiotic stewardship wrt past Hx, current treatment and
changes of care. The statement already given that IPC positions need to be opened up to
other health professionals because it cuts out other health care professionals’ career options
is superficial and invalid when considering the different Allied Health Care preparation and
skill mix. Wanting to fill a vacant position by changing the role requirement to open it up
to other allied health persons is not a professional nor safe course of action.
The conversation promoting the ACIPC to ‘get behind’ the push for non-RN’s
to be appointed to ICP roles is a huge red flag and I’d think the Medical Insurance companies,
the ANF, the State nursing unions, all AHPRA registered nurses, RN members of the ACIPC,
and Nurse Advisors to the Ministers in all States would have a few things to say about that idea.
I don’t support Allied Health professionals and Laboratory Scientists taking the ICP lead roles
in Australa health care facilities.Margaret Goodson
RN(AHPRA), BAppSc(ClinLabSc),MEd,PhD(Ed),GCDRMed(UTS),
Intensive Care Cert(NSWCN), Stomal Therapy Cert (SydH),
CertIVTAE & LLN, MACIPC.
IPC Coordinator
Manly Waters Private Hospital
Manly, Sydney, NSW.—— Original Message ——
Hi Sarah,
there are many issues in regards to the IPC lead role mandates, however my experience has been that the federal government is not willing to listen or change their stance on this matter.
Kind regards,
Kelly
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Kelly Barton
Infection Prevention & Control Officer
RN BHSc (Nursing). Grad Cert (Infection Control)(Advanced Acute Care). Nurse Immuniser. Cert IV T&A
P Reduce, re-use, recycle. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.Thanks Fiona I am aware of this. The issue is nurses in aged care are few and far between and therefore recruiting and using their time for IP work is a huge struggle.
There needs to be a change in IP requirements in general to allow non-nursing to perform the role as well.
Sarah[BlueCross]
Sarah
Gaines Hill
Infection Control Nurse Coordinator
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road,
Hawthorn East,
VIC
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[BlueCross]Hello Sarah the site on the Australian Government website around IPC leads in RACF does state that the IPC lead must be a nurse.
See https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/infection-prevention-and-control-leads for the specific requirements.Regards
Fiona Wilson I Nurse Manager TIPCU
Public Health Services I Department of Health
3/25Argyle St Hobart, GPO Box 125 Hobart 7001
Phone (03) 6166 0601| Mobile 0439 014 634 | Fax (03) 6173 0821
Prevention is better than cure
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we work and live, and respect their ongoing custodianship of the land. I pay respect to Tasmanian Aboriginal people, and Elders past and present.Good Afternoon fellow Ips!
A few weeks ago there was some discussion in this forum about the requirements for IPC leads at Aged Care facilities had to be RN/EN.
It was mentioned that there would be recommendations to change this. You do not need to be an RN/EN to be a great IP. I have worked with many who had a science degree but not licensed practitioners who were fantastic.
We are really struggling to fill positions that have been left as our RN/EN pool is very small.
Does anyone remember the discussion or have a response?
Is this something this college would be willing to get behind as a voice to help aged care facilities with this. I believe this will be an ongoing struggle if we are tied in this way.Thanks
Sarah
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Sarah
Gaines Hill
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road,
Hawthorn East,
VIC
3123
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Thanks Fiona I am aware of this. The issue is nurses in aged care are few and far between and therefore recruiting and using their time for IP work is a huge struggle.
There needs to be a change in IP requirements in general to allow non-nursing to perform the role as well.
SarahSarah Gaines Hill
Infection Control Nurse Coordinator
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Hello Sarah the site on the Australian Government website around IPC leads in RACF does state that the IPC lead must be a nurse.
See https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/infection-prevention-and-control-leads for the specific requirements.Regards
Fiona Wilson I Nurse Manager TIPCU
Public Health Services I Department of Health
3/25Argyle St Hobart, GPO Box 125 Hobart 7001
Phone (03) 6166 0601| Mobile 0439 014 634 | Fax (03) 6173 0821
Prevention is better than cure
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we work and live, and respect their ongoing custodianship of the land. I pay respect to Tasmanian Aboriginal people, and Elders past and present.Good Afternoon fellow Ips!
A few weeks ago there was some discussion in this forum about the requirements for IPC leads at Aged Care facilities had to be RN/EN.
It was mentioned that there would be recommendations to change this. You do not need to be an RN/EN to be a great IP. I have worked with many who had a science degree but not licensed practitioners who were fantastic.
We are really struggling to fill positions that have been left as our RN/EN pool is very small.
Does anyone remember the discussion or have a response?
Is this something this college would be willing to get behind as a voice to help aged care facilities with this. I believe this will be an ongoing struggle if we are tied in this way.Thanks
Sarah
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Gaines Hill
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M: +61 429 480 183
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Hi IP colleagues,
I am in total agreement that it does not require a nurse to be an IP.
I came from California where we have IPs who are clinical lab scientists, physios, public health degrees, and I trained up a statistician who went on to do a masters degree in epidemiology.
Opening the horizons to others with a more diverse background will grow the IP profession.
During the outbreaks last year we relied heavily on our allied health colleagues who were fantastic support for driving IP processes.
I was extremely disappointed that the recent push for IPC leads required a nursing background.
How can we push for a change?Sarah
Sarah Gaines Hill
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123That is a really great question and one I would be interested to see people’s thoughts.
I am not employed as an “ICP”, but I am working in a role that is within the same space, overseeing implementation of AS4187 requirements across my organisation. I am not a nurse, but I am a credentialled ICP via ACIPC.
I wonder how many other credentialled members of ACIPC are not nurses like me?P.S. I have a Masters in Cardiothoracic Physiotherapy
Kind regards
Kate Ryan
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Hi all,
I’m thrilled to see all the Infection Control positions coming up in our facilities.
I wondered though, if someone could please clarify why all of the positions require a nursing qualification?
If suitable and relevant experience and qualifications can be demonstrated, is it critical that the Infection Prevention and Control practitioner needs to be a nurse, especially if they are working across multidisciplinary teams?
Thanks
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Many thanks to everyone who responded. I have some additional ideas now of what we need to look for.
Very perplexing
SarahSarah Gaines Hill
Infection Control Nurse Coordinator
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Hi all
I have a story for you. Many, many years ago when I was a fresh and young infection controller, I worked in a facility that had an attached nursing home. We had a prolonged scabies outbreak over many, many months, that appeared to be fully contained for a month or so then suddenly flared up again. This cycle repeated about five times, and was really frustrating for residents families and staff. We had concerted efforts to include everyone in prophylactic treatment, involved entomologists who taught us about scabies mite lifestyles and how they were transmitted (did you know you needed gravid female mites to transmit infestation?). We cleaned, crobbex, bagged, and cleaned nd scrubbed more.
Anyway, to bring my story to a close, the cycles stopped when one of our semi-regular respites died. His autopsy showed he had Norwegian (crusted) scabies, which had remained undiagnosed for a long time, due to other long term pre-existing skin conditions he also had. He just kept coming back in, shedding many gravid females onto staff and into the environment. He often had been discharged a while before the first cases started itching in each cycle.
Just thought this was a nice opportunity to share my story. I hope you enjoyed it. It was a pretty unpleasant experience at the time, for all concerned. Good luck managing your outbreak. Don’t forget those with skin conditions that can ‘hide’ Norwegian scabies.
Cheers
Michael
Michael Wishart, CICP-E
Infection Control Coordinator
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside________________________________
Good evening,
There are a few questions I would ask.
Are residents sharing slings for lifting equipment or other equipment that may be in direct contact with their skin?
( Our residents each have their own and there are back ups for when those are being laundered).
Have any skin scrapings identified scabies on any of your residents?( Keeping in mind it may be difficult to get a conclusive result).
Is this in a memory support unit or a particular part of the facility?
Have any family members of residents been diagnosed with scabies?
Have any staff members been diagnosed with scabies?Whilst I was working at Eastern Health in Victoria, our Infectious Disease Consultants would treat all Residents with Ivermectin instead of using Ivermectin.This way residents are treated systematically. This is dosed individually by weight.
The issue with Lyclear is often staff do not apply enough or apply it correctly. Some residents due to behaviour issues make it impossible to do so. Also, if they do not leave it on the prescribed amount of time before showering, it may not be effective.
If it is Norwegian crusted scabies, Lyclear may also be ineffective.
24 hours after treatment, we would do a terminal clean.
We bagged fomites for 7-10 days.
We laundered all clothes and linen in a hot wash cycled then dried.
This was repeated in 7-10 days.
We did not prophylactically treat staff. Lyclear can have toxic side effects and you can build resistance. You need to generally have prolonged skin to skin contact to be at risk of acquiring scabies.
Soft furnishings were vacuumed and steam cleaned.
We did not generally use insecticide. Though in large clusters it was considered.
Kind regards,
Lisa Campbell
Infection Prevention & Control Manager
Bolton Clarke
Sent from my iPhoneOn 3 Mar 2021, at 6:50 pm, Sarah Gaines Hill <SarahG@bluecross.com.au> wrote:
Good Afternoon Aged Care colleagues,
We have a very perplexing situation at one of our sites where we seem to get a regular visit from scabies mites. The occurrence is too far apart for it to be an ongoing infestation.
We have implemented multiple changes as follows:
1. Treat any undiagnosed rash as potentially infectious until proven otherwise using contact precautions and isolation
2. Treat suspected or confirmed cases with lyclear including all staff who have had prolonged skin-to-skin contact or with laundry and linen
3. Simultaneously treat environment remove and launder bed clothes, clothes, towels, vacuum carpet and mattress, steam clean same.
4. Bag up other fomites for 72 hours post treatment
5. Educate staff on scabies rash identificationDo any of you treat the environment with insecticides? I have never done this and what I have read is not indicated.
Any other ideas??? I am at a loss for how to eradicate this from this particular home.
Any pearls of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sarah
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Hi Lisa and Michael,
I also work in aged care and we are trying to figure out how we will manage this.
It is very difficult to plan as we do not know the schedule for each residence.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Hi Michael,
I was thinking the same thing; however, Residential Care facilities will not be able to stagger departments. We will have short facility notification time and set days.
So I am also curious what others are considering in this space.
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Hi Lori
We do not intend to treat these staff any differently from those receiving any other vaccine and developing reactions which may hinder them doing their job. If they are unwell, they are not to come to work.
One thing we have discussed though, is trying not to send a whole department to have their COVID-19 vaccines on the same day. So, as much as we possibly can, staggering vaccination across a variety of departments so we dont wipe a whole department out for a few days. We have never consciously tried to do this with our annual flu vaccine program, as the vaccine is generally well tolerated. But there is an unknown component of how many will be affected and how severe the reactions will be for the various COVID-19 vaccines, so we are being more cautious.
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I would like to better understand how other organisations plan to manage staff who experience fever, chills headache and fatigue after receiving the COVID vaccine. These are published common side effects of the Pfizer vaccine as well as symptoms of COVID infection.
Are organisations planning to allow staff experiencing these side effects post-vaccine to attend work?
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Thats great thanks very much.
Pretty much aligned with my own experiences
Cheers
SarahSarah Gaines Hill
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Hi Sarah,
The Australian Infection Control Guidelines have the following statement regarding UV light for general cleaning in section 3.1.3 Routine management of the physical environment.
“3.1.3.1 Emerging disinfection methods
Weak recommendation – Against
16. The effectiveness of ultra-violet light disinfection as an adjunct to routine terminal cleaning in healthcare facilities is yet to be established. Therefore routine use is not suggested in healthcare facilties.
Ultra-violet light disinfection may be considered in high-risk settings during outbreaks when other disinfection options have been exhausted.”Kind regards
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Is anyone using UV technology as an adjunct to general cleaning particularly at aged care sites?
If you are, what are the benefits you have seen and what were the challenges or implementing?
Does anyone know if there will be a DHHS recommendation to add this to the cleaning processes?
Thanks for any information you can provide
Sarah
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Hi Ladies
We also used bins without lids at our outbreak sites.
Our wanderers who would dig through the bins with or without lids… They were an entirely different challenge.Sarah Gaines Hill
Infection Control Nurse Coordinator
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Hi Anna,
We have experienced the same. We have varying opinions by assessors as to what is required for the disposal of PPE. We have gone on the no lid option for inside the rooms as per Helen to avoid touching of the contaminated lid. We did use Pedal bins outside the room to limit accessibility by wandering residents. Would be great if there was some universal direction across the board.
Agree no lids is the way to go.Kind Regards
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Hi all
We experienced the exact same dilemma through multiple outbreaks, but finally settled on the no lid option during outbreaks. This allows for safe and effective disposal of PPE without having to touch and contaminate the lid. Pedal bins inevitably break fairly easily and the damaged lid becomes a source of contamination very quickly and for this reason we have moved away from them.
We used a variety of garden bins (large/sturdy/easy to clean) from Bunnings!
We were supported and advised by all agencies in Victoria (VACRC, PHU, ADF, Auzmat and Aspen Medical) to pursue this option.Kind regards,
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Hi would anyone have any information on the types of bins suitable for discarding of PPE. I have looked at many infection control guides but none mention types of bins.
As a small facility with limited resources we have generally used bins with a swing lid ( then the lids go missing!) though this way rubbish is easier to discard! and we also have pedal operated bins but I find their life is short in comparison to the cost!.
Auditors from the Accreditation Agency have said best practice was the use of pedal bin. Infection control officers who audited my facility from the local health district told me bins with no lids was better but have not been able to provide written evidence either. While doing the Foundations course one of the film clips produced by the Tasmanian Government showed PPE being discarded into a bin without a lid. Does that mean for training its ok but in other situations it’s not??Looking forward to any replies.
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Hi Mary
Thanks so much for reaching out. It is quite difficult when I dont have a network built up yet but am excited to get onboard with this group.
I was a member of a similar organization in the US and found that invaluable.Sarah
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Level 1, 117 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123Hello Sarah, and welcome to Melbourne.
Hope you are settling in well, and managing to make sense of our accents, abbreviations and other distinctive local features like the weather!
Im sure you will find a wide and supportive community amongst ACIPC professionals.I am currently working in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in the COVID19 Public Health Unit. We are nurses in the Infection Prevention and Control Outreach Nurses (IPCON) group, and have had lots of activity within aged care, in both our prevention and outbreak arms.
Emails from ACIPC Infexion Connexion come to our email addresses, so you have just gained a whole lot of colleagues in the job.
Wishing you good luck in your work as your feet hit the ground again!
Kindest regards
Mary Fraser (one of several Marys in IPCON)Good Afternoon,
I have recently joined this community having recently moved from California.
I would love to meet and network with other IPs who are working in the Aged Care Sector.
I am based in Victoria and just coming down from the COVID roller coaster here.
I would be happy to share learnings that we have had and see what others are doing within their residences for strategies in general.Thanks
Sarah
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