|
|
hand hygiene sinks
|
| Add reply |
| On Jun 26 2006 12:58PM infection.control wrote: |
Help , can anyone give me a reference for number of sinks per patient that is required
in the uk
Di |
|
| On Jun 26 2006 2:31PM joan.cochrane wrote: |
Hi
there are different specifications for differing healthcare environments- e.g. critical care will have more sinks than a general ward area.
Your estates department should be able to give you the specifications for each type of patient/clinical area. This should include type of sink, placement and type of taps etc.
See also the Health Technical Memoranda (used to be on NHS estates web site, but I think you can access through the Dept of Health web site now) documents and the Infection Contro in the built environment
Joan Cochrane
Acting Programme Manager
Northumbria University |
|
| On Jun 27 2006 4:58PM michael.nevill wrote: |
Have a look at page 5 of this document
http://195.92.246.148/knowledge_network/documents/publications/designguidance/ic.pdf |
|
| On Jun 27 2006 5:01PM michael.nevill wrote: |
if you cut and paste the link into the browser address bar it will work.
http://195.92.246.148/knowledge_network/documents/publications/designguidance/ic.pdf |
|
| On Sep 1 2006 9:20PM lenora.leonard wrote: |
In the 'Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Irish Health Care Settings' page 7 &
21 it states that:
(1) 'clinical institutions should aspire to installing at least one handwash
sink per 4-6 beds in general open wards and a minimum of one sink per 1-3
beds in critical care areas'
(2) 'Handwash sinks should be independent of patients" and/or en-suite
sinks'
(3) 'Handwash facilities should be positioned close to exit doors of
isolation rooms, wards and units'
the document can be found at www.hpsc.ie
regards
Lenora
Lenora Leonard,
Infection Control Clinical Nurse Specialist,
Microbiology,
A.M.N.C.H.
Dublin
|
|
| Add reply |
|
|
 ICNA Community Network MeetingPlease note the next Community ICNA meeting is on the, Wednesday 6th September 2006 and will be held at Eastman Dental Hospital, London.
To download the agenda go to the CICNN page under 'Business and Special Interest Groups' (Member access required)
... More
The 36th Annual Infection Control ConferenceSeptember 25th to 27th 2006
The Brighton Centre
Brighton, England
This is THE Infection control conference of the year, focusing on prevention and control of infections in all areas of healthcare. The conference will provide a mixture of lectures, debates, concurrent sessions, workshops and networking.
Leading international Speakers who have already confirmed include Dr Seto Wing Hong and Stuart Emslie.
To be kept up to date with br... More
|
