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Hi Anna
Certainly not recommending bins with lids (pedal bins, swing top bins) for the reason they break, become easily contaminated and extra cleaning is required.
Bins with no lids are easier for users to dispose of waste safely. If there is a concern regarding bins certain residents then you will need to do a risk assessment.
We have suggested to ACFs across our district to contact your supplier (if you have one) or go down to a hardware store and buy a suitable size bin.
You will still need to use appropriate colour (eg: General or clinical) plastic bin liners.
If you are using these for PPE in an outbreak, you may want a larger 50 litre bin as these fill up quickly rather than a smaller waste tidy bin.
One ACF in our district have no lids on bins in staff / communal areas (size vary and appropriate for their location) but for residents in their rooms; it is their choice.
There are references I have forward to you previously but except for the large mobile garbage bins and clinical sharp bins, I am not aware of a requirement that bins discussed above must have lids (or not).
Regards
Robert Robinson
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Nepean Blue Mountains LHD | Infection Prevention and Control
Nepean Hospital, PO Box 63, Penrith 2751
Tel (02) 4734 2228 | Fax (02) 4734 2517 | Mob 0439 881 749 | robert.robinson@health.nsw.gov.au
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Hi would anyone have any information on the types of bins suitable for discarding of PPE. I have looked at many infection control guides but none mention types of bins.
As a small facility with limited resources we have generally used bins with a swing lid ( then the lids go missing!) though this way rubbish is easier to discard! and we also have pedal operated bins but I find their life is short in comparison to the cost!.
Auditors from the Accreditation Agency have said best practice was the use of pedal bin. Infection control officers who audited my facility from the local health district told me bins with no lids was better but have not been able to provide written evidence either. While doing the Foundations course one of the film clips produced by the Tasmanian Government showed PPE being discarded into a bin without a lid. Does that mean for training its ok but in other situations it’s not??
Looking forward to any replies.
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