Choosing the Right Product to Clean
Fiona De Sousa1
1Launceston General Hospital
How do you go about choosing the right cleaning products and technology for your facility to reduce environmental contamination and the risk of health care associated infections?
To make timely and effective decisions on cleaning products / technology we need to ask two questions
- What do the key stakeholders need?
- Will the product / technology actually clean?
These questions are the starting point for analysing the proposed cleaning product / technology and will guide the assessment process through stakeholder engagement, assessment of technical information and help to inform product trials.
This session will offer a practical assessment strategy to help guide decision-making and ensure that you provide evidenced based recommendations to help in cleaning product and technology reviews, product selection and implementation.
Biography:
Fiona De Sousa is a credentialed ICP with a Masters of Advanced Practice in Nursing – Infection Control from Griffith University, Queensland and a Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Tasmania. Fiona has more than 15 years of experience in the specialty of infection prevention and control and has previous experience in diverse ward specialties including urology, colorectal, vascular, general medical and surgical nursing with a specific focus on orthopaedics. Fiona has previously worked as a Nursing Unit Manager and Infection Control Coordinator in both regional and metropolitan hospitals in Australia.
Fiona is currently working as Nurse Manager of the Infection Prevention and Control Unit for the Tasmanian Health Service – North based at the Launceston General Hospital.