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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<p class=”MsoNormal”>Please see below a comment sent to me by an IPC member in relation to:  <span style=”color: #505050; font-family: ‘Open Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>new draft NCEC National Standards for Infection and Prevention Control (IPC)2022 Guidelines</span></p>
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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

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]

I hope everyone has a chance to read this document?

It has a lot of implications to the role of the CNS IPC. Please note closing date for responses is July 12th so please respond to Emer ASAP?

Emer will then  communicate Josephine Galway on our behalf

thanks,

regards,

Helen (Treasurer IPC)

Hi Lenora,
Some of our wards put wall mounted sharps bins in their isolation rooms but we got most of them removed and are and advising wards against them. The standard Patron sharps bin is not a safety bin and therefore should not be left in a patient area where there is no constant presence of A HCW, as a confused patient or visitor (child etc)…[Read more]

Hi Lenora,
Some of our wards put wall mounted sharps bins in their isolation rooms but we got most of them removed and are and advising wards against them. The standard Patron sharps bin is not a safety bin and therefore should not be left in a patient area where there is no constant presence of A HCW, as a confused patient or visitor (child etc)…[Read more]

Hi Lenora,
Some of our wards put wall mounted sharps bins in their isolation rooms but we got most of them removed and are and advising wards against them. The standard Patron sharps bin is not a safety bin and therefore should not be left in a patient area where there is no constant presence of A HCW, as a confused patient or visitor (child etc)…[Read more]