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The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards require health service organisations to have processes in place to maintain a clean and hygienic environment, in line with the current edition of the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of the Infection in Healthcare and jurisdictional requirements.
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Infection control is a health and safety issue. All people working in the health service organisation are responsible for providing a safe environment for consumers and the workforce. Infectious agents transmitted during provision of health care come primarily from human sources, including patients, clinicians and visitors.
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Effective infection prevention and control practices support reduced risk of infection transmission between patients, healthcare workers and others in the healthcare environment; they are an essential component of safe, quality health care.
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Environmental cleaning should be considered as a key part of a hospital’s comprehensive infection prevention program. Programs should support high performance cleaning and include strategies to optimise product use, cleaning technique, audit and feedback, education of cleaners and communication.
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Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Prepared by Lynne Sehulster, Ph.D.1 Raymond Y.W. Chinn, M.D.2 1Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion !ational Center for Infectious Diseases 2HICPAC member Sharp Memorial Hospital …
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In the full guidelines, Part I, Background Information: Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, provides a comprehensive review of the relevant scientific lit- erature. Attention is given to engineering and infection- control concerns during construction, demolition, renovation, and repair of health-care facilities.
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Part II (this report) contains recommendations for environmental infection control in health-care facilities, describing control measures for preventing infections associated with air, water, or other elements of the environment.
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Environmental infection-control strategies and engineering controls can effectively prevent these infections. The incidence of health-care--associated infections and pseudo-outbreaks can be minimized by 1) appropriate use of cleaners and disinfectants; 2) appropriate maintenance of medical equipment (e.g., automated endoscope reprocessors or hydrotherapy equipment); 3) …
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Scientific guidelines Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for environmental infection control in healthcare facilities is a compilation of Cleaning / Disinfecting Glucometers in the LTC Cleaning timeframes may be dictated by CDC guidelines or by the Infection Control in Health Care Facilities, …
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Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare 10 1. introduction 1. Introduction Effective infection prevention and control is central to providing high quality healthcare for patients and a safe working environment for those that work in healthcare settings. Healthcare associated infection is preventable Healthcare associated infections …
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E.I. Cleaning and Disinfecting Strategies for Environmental Surfaces in Patient-Care Areas E.II. Cleaning Spills of Blood and Body Substances E.III. Carpeting and Cloth Furnishings E.IV. Flowers and Plants in Patient-Care Areas E.V. Pest Control E.VI. Special Pathogens Environmental sampling F.I. General Information
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Sehulster LM, Chinn RYW, Arduino MJ, et al. Guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities. Recommendations from CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). Chicago, Illinois: American Society for Healthcare Engineering/American Hospital Association; 2004.
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"The Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities is a compilation of recommendations for the prevention and control of infectious diseases that are associated with healthcare environments.
These examples illustrate the importance of environmental infection prevention and control in the healthcare setting. Water and environmental surfaces are two intersecting parts of the healthcare environment that contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance and healthcare associated infections.
For example, when a healthcare worker fails to wash their hands, they might touch and contaminate a piece of equipment or environmental surface; in turn the equipment or surface could wind up exposing a patient to pathogens. These examples illustrate the importance of environmental infection prevention and control in the healthcare setting.
Patients presenting with, or with risk factors for, infection or colonisation with an organism of local, national or global significance are identified promptly, and receive the necessary management and treatment. The health service organisation is clean and hygienic. Infection control is a health and safety issue.