[Sushil Devkota]

Hello everyone,
In New South Wales, masks are mandatory and to be changed every four hours but gloves you only use them when necessary. At other times maintain good hand hygiene by frequently washing or sanitizing your hands.

Regards

Sushil Devkota
Care Coordinator
Woodberry Village
129 Lanhams Rd, Winston Hills NSW 2153
T: (02) 8852 6100 F: (02) 88526198
E: sushil.devkota@anglicare.org.au
W: http://www.anglicare.org.au

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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of Thomson, Rachel EA
Sent: Thursday, 10 September 2020 8:37 AM
To: ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
Subject: [CAUTION: SUSPECT SENDER] Re: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] PPE for Temp Screenings

Hi Crystal, The recommendation from Work Safe has clearly introduced unintended risks. We all understand the importance of regular hand hygiene and it is well understood that glove use ca

Hi Crystal,

The recommendation from Work Safe has clearly introduced unintended risks. We all understand the importance of regular hand hygiene and it is well understood that glove use can be a barrier to this activity.

Unfortunately, the advice would be that gloves should be changed whenever hand hygiene should be performed, including cleaning hands before and after glove use.

I wonder if ACIPC would consider communicating with Work Safe or the IC Expert Working Group?

Thanks
Rachel

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Rachel Thomson
Nurse Unit Manager

Infection Prevention & Control Unit
Royal Hobart Hospital
Tasmanian Health Organisation-South

: 03 6166 7882/ 6166 8658

Mobile: 0400 718 574
Email: rachel.thomson@ths.tas.gov.au

Level 4, H Block
48 Liverpool Street
Hobart, 7000

From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion <ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU> On Behalf Of Crystal Polson
Sent: Wednesday, 9 September 2020 4:44 PM
To: ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
Subject: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] PPE for Temp Screenings

Hi all,

Hope everyone is doing well.

Just wondering – if your facility is doing temperature screenings, what is your PPE protocol?

I am in Victoria. Work Safe guidelines mention that gloves and masks should be worn. My question is, how often should the gloves be changed?

We’re using non-contact forehead thermometers so the screener is not touching the person being screened.

Cheers
Crystal

Crystal Polson
Infection Control Coordinator
University of Melbourne
crystal.polson@unimelb.edu.au

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