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

Hi Linda,

I hope you are enjoying teh course and we will be very glad to know that there will be new staff joining within community services at some stage, for sure!

I work up in Donegal, so I am not sure if that is any good to you at all, but if you wanted to link in with me via phone at all Linda, that would be no problem at all. And we can…[Read more]

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]

Hello Linda

That sounds like a great idea. Hopefully some of our Community IPCNs will be able to assist you. Best of luck with your course.

Kind regards
Lenora
Chair IPCIreland

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

Hello Mags,
Hope all is well with you.
Thanks for getting back to me with your thoughts and apologies for the slow reply.
Regards
Noeleen

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

Hi Noeleen,

we give the advice up here that anything needed is brought in and out to the clinics by the patient, once given initially by the PHN/ Com RGN etc.
If the client needed a home visit, then the dressing materials would be left there in their home, as far as is reasonably possible. Therefore, if the client attends a clinic,w e try to have…[Read more]