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Hello Margaret,
My experience with hand hygiene products is a personal one as I am one of those people with allergies. When the hospital that I was working in at the time changed from one brand of chlorhexidine soap to another brand it turned out that I was allergic to the new brand’s preservative contained in the soap that the previous brand had not contained. Since the hospital was not willing to order in the previous brand from the previous supplier but were willing to get in a Triclosan containing soap from the new brand company – my problem was solved. Since changing jobs and hospitals, I was pleasantly surprised to find that my new hospital supplied the Chlorhexidine soap brand that I had previously used with no problem. I have used this brand of Chlorhexidine product recently with no ill effects.
Now having to do hand hygiene assessments on others myself, I follow the same sort of line as Cath Murphy has said in her reply, but I use the tool provided on the Hand Hygiene Australia website and also is on the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC NSW) website. I also find it difficult to get the staff into a Dermatologist as the GP’s seem reluctant to refer on preferring to treat the staff member themselves.
Thanks,
Terri Cripps | CNC Infection Control | Sydney Children’s Hospital
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Hello all
I have had a couple of staff who are apparently sensitive to Chlorhexidine products.
Dermatology review is difficult to access in the NT so my question is what do other ICP recommend for hand hygiene in this case. I realise you can’t endorse products but a few clues would be great!
Margaret Gleeson | Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hand Hygiene Compliance
Infection Prevention & Management Unit, Royal Darwin Hospital | Department of Health and Families
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