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Hello Sara
The NSQHS standard https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/nsqhs-standards/preventing-and-controlling-healthcare-associated-infection-standard/infection-prevention-and-control-systems/action-311 requires a response to environmental risks.
Supplying patients with access to paper brochures might become risky if there are multiple contacts with the brochures by many different hands. To militate against this risk you might introduce actions such as providing hand hygiene stations at entrances or next to brochure stands to encourage the cleansing of hands prior to contact with the brochures.
This risk would need to balanced against the risk of not supplying the brochures or requiring patients to ask for them. Documenting of all this would help determine the way forward.
Kind regards
Lincoln Fowler
Infection Prevention and Control Officer
ACT Ambulance Service
P. | M.0435 329 378 | E. Lincoln.Fowler@act.gov.au
9 Amberley Avenue Fairbairn (Majura) ACT 2609| PO Box 158 Canberra City ACT 2601
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Hi everyone,
Our Community Health facility in Melbourne is reviewing the educational material in our waiting areas, after we removed everything last year.
Is anyone able to please point me in the direction of information that advises against having paper brochures/flyers/posters in patient waiting areas?
Thanks
Sara Nannery
OHS, Risk and Infection Control Coordinator Sunbury & Cobaw Community Health
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