[Tricia Coward]

A case report of acute ethanol toxicity in a pre-school child who ingested ABHR at home may be of interest to this discussion – Barrett, M.J. & Babl, F.E, ‘Alcohol-based hand sanitiser: a potentially fatal toy’, Medical Journal of Australia, 203(1), 6 July 2015.

Patricia Coward
Principal Adviser (Occupational Health)
Asbestos and Occupational Hygiene and Health Unit
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland / Electrical Safety Office
Office of Industrial Relations | Queensland Treasury

Hello,

I have recently moved the ABHR from wall mounted near the door of patient rooms to attached to the frame of bed, in line with CHRISP guidelines. I have also added additional ABHR at entrance to patient room door in an effort to increase hand hygiene compliance. This seems to have worked. Maternity manager is complaining that there is a risk to visiting children in that ward. Risk assessment was done prior to moving the ABHR with workplace health and safety and we also consulted the hand hygiene generic risk assessment. We found the risk to be low. I have spoken with other maternity wards in other hospitals where they have ABHR attached to the frame of beds without any issues. Has anyone else had any problems or incidents involving paediatric visitors? There are paediatric visitors to every ward of the hospital not just maternity, no incidents have been reported in them either.
Any advice/input would be much appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Donna Goltz
Infection Control Coordinator
Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton
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[Tricia Coward]

Hi Sony

You might like to look at the Australian Department of Health’s guidelines at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/avian-influenza-poultry-guidelines.htm

You might also find these links useful:

* CDC Avian influenza resources for the poultry industry http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/avianflu/usresources.html and http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/avianflu/international.html

* Morgan et al 2009, ‘PPE and risk for avian influenza’, EID, 15(9) – wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/1/pdfs/07-0660.pdf

I hope this is useful.

Regards, Patricia

Patricia Coward
Principal Adviser (Occupational Health)
Asbestos and Occupational Hygiene and Health Unit
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

Dear All,

We are preparing guideline for avian influenza – poultry culling operation, and would you please share information with us regarding selection of PPE for the operation.

Regards,

Sony SO

Nursing Officer, Infection Control Branch (Team 2)

Centre for Health Protection

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You might find the Health Protection Agency (UK) website useful:
Prevention of infection and communicable diseases in prisons and places
of detention
http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1309970446427?bcsi_scan_1
074587e009e997dxOiEG97JMuVUwKqSiXTsmpHnw+YCAAAAxVDwAA&bcsi_scan_1a3df
de8c5074f621BwPqF6rXWIrn/Ugg22wDNC9r1IFAAAA5BrkAw

The CDC website http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/bbp/occupations.html
also
has fact sheets for correctional facilities officers on topics such as
MRSA (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-120/
) and laundry
(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-122/
)

Regards, Trish
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