[LeeAnne Doyle]

Hi

1. Can I ask if your facility is currently placing all patients admitted with no neutrophils (neutropenia) in single rooms – protective isolation Yes/ No

2. Can I ask if your facility is currently only placing some types of patients with no neutrophils (neutropenia) in single rooms – protective isolation yes / No
If yes what is your criteria for making this call? Neutropenic patients with precautions-contact, respiratory, droplet. All other neutropenic pts will get a private room as one becomes available. No sign denoting neutropenia is placed on the door.

3. If you place a pt in protective isolation is PPE worn Yes/No/NA

4. If you place a pt in protective isolation is a sign notifying protective isolation requirement placed on the door Yes/ No/NA. The only sign that goes up is the droplet, respiratory , contact precaution sign and a trolley with PPE is placed at entrance to room.

5. If you do place them in a single room are these same rooms you use to accommodate MRO or pts with a communicable disease in at other times for other admissions Yes/No. Rooms are terminally cleaned post D/c
If No – how do you manage the use of these room from pt flow perspective (ie leave the room empty, screen all non known MRO pts admitted in these rooms to ensure they don’t have an MRO, trust they are cleaned well enough etc?)

6. If you do not place neutropenia patients in single rooms then what strategies does you facility employ to reduce the risk of cross infection if not in a single room ? (do you have a dedicated ward, location or risk group they can be cohort with ,exclusion group they cant be admitted with etc)
We have a dedicated oncology/haematology ward with a smattering of medical patients. Any pt admitted to the ward with suspected influenza will be placed in a single room with precautions until NPA results are in.

LeeAnne Doyle
Nurse Unit Manager
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A 627 Rode Road, Chermside QLD 4032
P (07) 3326 3170| F (07) 3326 6628 | E leeanne.doyle@svha.org.au | W http://www.hsnph.org.au
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