Hi Lenora,
I am aware of Celtic Linen & Berendsen .
Regards,
Terry

Thank you Helen for the feedback. I have got several replies and the overall consensus is that it is a bad idea.
Have a good day.
Kind regards
Lenora
Chair IPCIreland

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]

Thank you to all who responded to my query. So far all the feedback I have received is NOT to have wall-mounted sharps bins in every patient room but to use the small mobile sharps container & tray.

Kind regards
Lenora
Chair IPCIreland

Hi Paru,

with advice from our estates dept, who lead out on waste issues, we also triple rinse the empty medicine bottles, remove all addressograph details etc, and dispose of as glass waste- the same as Caroline above-

best wishes, mags

Hi Lenora,

following risk assessment up here in Donegal, we carry the sharps boxes in on the tray or use the portable ones, across all community services. Sharps boxes in rooms deemed too risky-

best wishes, mags

Thanks Emer for you response.

Anyone else willing to share if you have a wall mounted sharps container in every inpatient ward?

kind regards
Lenora
Chair IPCIreland

No worries Paru

Hope you got a response to your query re NIMS.

Kind regards
Lenora
Chair IPCIreland

Hello Paru

While I cannot help you with your query, can I just give you a tip that when you press Submit on your message, give it a moment to go as I have received three messages from you. Unfortunately there is no indication that your message has been sent (from your end) unless you go out of the forum and back in again. We are updating the…[Read more]

Good morning Emer

I am not familiar with these mattresses. Do they have an overall cover to keep them in place & allow to easy cleaning, and then you just change segments as required?

Would the AORN guidelines be of help to you?

Kind regards

Lenora
Chair IPCIreland

Hi Mags

Thank you , I haven’t had anyone else come forward so delighted if you would be able to look at this, I will email you from work tomorrow with the details.
Regards
Trisha

Hi Patricia,

I am not sure if anyone has answered you on this, but as this issue is such a ‘hot’ topic with us up here, I would be happy to put my name forward- thats if you didnt receive any other names. i dont want to do anyone else out of the experiences of these procurement Evaluation Group thingys!

best wishes, mags