EBME Forums Forums Management Equipment Libraries The NEXT BLACKPOOL FORUM

Ah ah! I knew it all along ... Louis is really a nom de guerre of John Sandham!

Well that couldn't be further from the truth.

Good to hear from you again Professor. Be carefull with those black-holes please

I am definately not the professor. I do not posess the linguistic and grammatical ability of the great man.

I would just like to say that i had a lovely time in Blackpool on Friday - albeit a croaky voice by the end of the day from all the talking.

Thank you Jo, and the Blackpool team for organising the event. I enjoyed the breakout sessions. I think it created a lot of discussion/debate - and good ideas.

Well done.

John - thank you so much for your input on the day and to Jo from Oxford and Bianca from Newcastle. Getting up there and presenting, and taking the plunge to facilitate a workshop is no mean feat and was done with enthusiasm. The day was a success and thank goodness the work paid off. Out of the 54 that registered and cancellations at the last minute, we had an attendance of 31. A bit down on the year before, but still a respectable number and a lively day. I only regret that I had had to turn down people when we were apparently full up - to find a number didnt turn up on the day

The feedback was positive and the format - being a mix of workshops and networking, with 2 presentations was appreciated as it allowed plenty of interaction.
I am waiting for the copies of the presentations to be forwarded to me and then I will make them available to people on request. I have yet to collate the workshop findings - only just got back to the desk but will forge ahead over the next couple of weeks and try to get on top of that. It was lovely to meet everyone and I look forward to the next one in September 2009. I had some suggestions for next years content, but could do with more - if anyone has suggestions,or indeed would like to come along and present or facilitate, please do contact me on joanne.lee@bfwhospitals.nhs.uk.

I will, before I am leapt on for this, try to summarise some of the forums findings at some point here on the website - just give a chance to draw breath eh!

Here is a summary of the feedback from the Infection control workshop .

DECONTAMINATION / INFECTION CONTROL WORKSHOPS – Equipment Library Forum 26th September 2008.

PROBLEMS
o Compliance
o Time constraints
o Lack of knowledge/ training required
o Policing/audit/ monitoring
o Whose responsibility? Not in nurses remit
o Staff shortages
o Cleaning processes – confusion over
o Stock management
o Equipment shortages
o Staff think that the library does it
o Inappropriate facilities
o Consumables ie bp cuffs
o Manufacturer support is limited
o Items are just not cleaned!
o Re use of single use item – transfer between patients
o Hoarding equipment
o Poor communication

CURRENT PRACTICE
o Library policies and procedures for infection control
o Use of incident reporting procedures
o Audits of equipment to identify lack of cleaning, missing equipment and adequate resource provision
o Patient isolation protocols
o Clear decontamination labels
o Second clean in library
o Link person on ward / infection control link nurses
o Medical device controllers
o Bedside checks
o Audits
o Infection control road show / mandatory training if attended


NEW IDEAS/ INNOVATIONS

o Single patient use disposables ie buffs, leads and reduced patient contact
o Fully equipped beside provision of equipment
o 24 hours cleaners – housekeepers – rapid response
o More staff
o Equipment design to encourage better cleaning ie less nooks and crannies
o Clear and simple decontamination documents
o Decontamination booths on entrance to wards
o More staff 1:1 patient ratio
o Training
o Standardisation of cleaning products
o Time, money and knowledge
o More funding
o Deep clean teams
o End user training – reinforcement of cleaning policies using competencies

TYPES OF CLEANING AGENTS CURRENTLY USED

o General detergent
o Haz tabs
o Alcohol wipes
o Ultrasonic cleaner
o Steam cleaner
o Tecare detergent/wipe /spray
o Hospec detergent
o Tuffie 5 wipes
o Virosol plus
o Actimax
o Chlorclean

Forum Feedback

John Sandham's presentation is available in the downloads section of the website.

Bianca Tobin is forwarding her presentation to me shortly.

Some brilliant ideas there Jo, you absolutly hit the nail on the head with the problems but i love your new ideas and inovations.

If you need somewhere to trial any of these inovations...you now know who i am and where i am. We would be more than willing to try out some of your ideas and solutions.
Give me a ring and lets see what we can do.
Kind regards
Donna (AKA Quinny, by the way, every one at work calls me Quinny so i am surprised that you didnt recognise me, wasnt trying to be mysterious really...although i quite liked it in the end!)

Not working directly with you Donna I hadnt heard the nickname Anyway ta for the feedback and will keep you in mind if we endeavour to trial anything. Cheers

That's what I always used to like about hospitals ... they always used to be such "folksy" places. You know, where everyone knew everybody else!

Oh they dont come more folksy than EBME here! A close knit community we are