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Hi Fiona,
You may find that environmental health may be able to assist you here. As staff tea rooms are supposed to be separate from patients tea rooms, I am presuming they will say something to the same effect about a medication room. I would worry about the hygiene of where are the cups and coffee etc going to be stored and ensuring that the hand basin remains for hand hygiene purposes only – no cups of tea tipped into the basin. I could visualise if you accepted the urn then slowly staff will be introducing biscuits and so on to the room.
Good luck
Joanne Bird
Acting Infection Control Nurse
Katherine and Gove Hospital
PH:89 739266 Mobile: 0427394492
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Hi All,
I have been asked to consider placing a zip urn for hot water access in a medication room. My initial response was it is not appropriate to make tea and coffee in the same room where staff are drawing up medications. However when I have looked for the evidence to back this up I have had trouble finding any.
What do others think about this issue from an infection prevention and control point of view?
Kind Regards,
Fiona De Sousa
Infection Prevention & Control Coordinator
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Fiona.Desousa@sah.org.au
185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, NSW, 2076
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