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Julie Hunt
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Hi Kathy,

We are presently opening a new hospital, I came into the planning late
& when I asked regarding toilet lids I was told that it was agreed early
on in the project to not include toilet lids. I understood it was due to
OHS issues! I haven’t given up & will still work on this…

In relation to ICU, we opened a 58 bed unit last week consisting of 4
Pods (2 x 13 bed & 2 x 16 bed), all are single rooms. Each Pod has a
dirty utility, in addition each 16 bed Pod contains 3 negative pressure
rooms and 1 positive pressure room. A single negative pressure room is
provided in each of the thirteen (13) bed pods. Each of these rooms has
a sub dirty utility plus an ante room. The positive pressure rooms are
for haematology and burns (we have a Severe Burns Injury Unit)
patients.

The Pods have been engineered so that in the event of a pandemic one
Pod can be ‘locked down’ with separate air handling & entry/exit from
the rest of the Unit.

Regards

Julie

Julie Hunt
Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Prevention and Control
Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Rd, St Leonards 2065
Tel 02 9926 4339 or 992604490 juhunt@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au

>>> Kathy Dempsey 5/11/2012
2:26 pm >>>
Hi All,
I’m after some information / experience with rebuild and design of
Health care facilities and peoples thoughts around toilet lids or No
toilet lids. For years I have been told that the toilet lids were
removed because of Infection Control. Now with the rebuilds there
continues to be great debate around to have a lid or not to have a
lid.
So would be interested in other’s experiences.
My other question is around how many of the new ICUs are moving to
single rooms and what initiatives people may have put in place around
managing disposal of body wastes. these are rooms with no ensuites and
the option for a pan rooms is at the furthest point at end of unit.
looking forward to responses.
Regards
kathy

Kathy Dempsey
CNC Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Department
ph: 61 2 9845 7501
mobile:0423 000169
pager 27230 (M,T,W,T)
Clinical pager 9868

email: kathy.dempsey@swahs.health.nsw.gov.au

>>> Michael Wishart 10/29/2012 1:09 pm
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[Posted on behalf of Skye Mentjox Moderator]

Hi Michael – I haven’t see this come up on the AICA discussion list
but
I believe will be of interest to many members.

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