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Thank you Dorothy for this audit tool.  I’m not residential based but it’s nice to see the format of other IPC audits.

Regards

Lenora

Good morning Dorothy

Maybe its too early in the morning but I cannot make out your message 🙂

Regards

Lenora

Hello Natalia

As part of our audit programme we audit external suppliers every three years.

Regards

Lenora

Many thanks for your advice Alison.  All responses helpful.

Have a good day.

Regards

Lenora

Lenora

Whilst you purchased your own equipment for fit testing it may be useful to undertake an independent assessment.

We used http://www.fittest.ie , all staff passed fit testing using one of several types of FFP2 or 3.  In the event that a staff member failed the standard mask, a box of the mask appropriate for them was put aside.

Not sure if this…[Read more]

Thank you Tracy Doherty and Ciaran McCullagh for your replies.

In response:

Roles & responsibilities – OH were too busy to get involved at present and H&S agreed to lead after much discussion.  However a lot still falls on IPC to problem solve.

Having a repeat test by another tester may help but we have retested some staff and they still…[Read more]

Dear all,

please see below a comment sent to me by an IPC member in relation to the new draft NCEC National Standards for IPC guidelines 2022.

“Under Resource Allocation on page 225-226:

The number of IPC professionals should be sufficient to ensure that healthcare facilities have their appropriate level of skills and resources and resilience…[Read more]

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Hi Again,

a new module on management of blood spills has just been launched on HSE land and it follows the same advice as the poster and draft guidelines.

My understanding  was that a blood spill should be disinfected before removal, as disinfection aims to reduce the number of microorganisms to a safe level (re BBVs)

regards,

Helen

Good morning Alison & Helen

To reemphasize Helen’s point about the new draft NCEC National Standards for Infection and Prevention Control (IPC)2022 Guidelines, I know it’s big document but it is important to review and have our say.  I sit on this group representing the acute sector and Margaruite O’Connor (our secretary) is currently looking…[Read more]

Hi Alison,

we got a delivery of hand Hygiene posters from RESIST last week and I hadn’t realised that the “management of blood spill” poster was at the back.

I would agree with you that the poster does not recommend the spillage is first disinfected with a hypochlorite. We teach Hypochlorite granules for small spills. For larger spills we…[Read more]