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(9) What training on infection control standards and procedures is provided to hospital staff.
(10) Are all hospital staff, including contractors, required to undertake infection control training; if not, why.
(11) Are all hospital staff, including contractors, required to undertake “refresher” training on infection control; if yes, how often; if no, why.
(12) How many infection control training courses are offered each year.
Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
For Canberra Health Services:
(1) Cleaning tasks and frequencies at ACT public hospitals are derived from the Cleaning Standards for Victorian Healthcare Facilities 2011.
a. At Canberra Hospital contractor procedures that support the maintenance of these standards are reviewed every three years. All procedures were reviewed between
2016-18, with the last review completed on 6 June 2018. The next reviews occur in 2019-21.
At the University of Canberra Hospital (UCH) procedures are reviewed and updated annually at a minimum.
b. Infection Control Procedures are based on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care guidelines, are constantly under review, and are modified according to current best practice. The Canberra Health Services (CHS) Healthcare Associated Infection Procedure was issued in 2017 and is due for review in 2022.
(2) At Canberra Hospital, ISS Health Services provide services under the Domestic and Environmental Services contract which was executed on 10 January 2017. The initial term of the contract expires on 10 February 2022.
At UCH, the contract for cleaning services is provided by subcontractor Compass-Medirest through the head contractor BGIS. The contract commenced 19 November 2015 and expires 19 November 2040, with a review option every five years.
(3) CHS staff from the Infection Control and Prevention Unit, Domestic and Environmental Services (at Canberra Hospital) and UCH Facilities Management monitor and inspect cleaning and infection control standards.
(4) At Canberra Hospital, inspections are ongoing. The number of inspections conducted per week (contractor and CHS staff) is a minimum of 10 (on average).
At UCH, a minimum of seven scheduled cleaning audits per month, as well as two scheduled environmental inspections per month.
(5) At CHS, in February 2019, the average response time across all urgency categories is six minutes for non-routine cleaning.
At the UCH, in February 2019, the average response time across all urgency categories was 10 minutes and forty-five seconds. The average response time for urgent requests was one minute and 15 seconds.
(6) At Canberra Hospital:
• Clinical ward areas are cleaned daily at a minimum and high-risk areas receive additional cleaning services.
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