Experts call for more regulation at clinics after report also shows staff often don’t wear protective aprons
Local Health District, led an audit of 11 colon irrigation clinics in the region – the first review of its kind in NSW.
Flanigan’s team found the HPC was higher than this level in nine of the 13 samples taken, with one sample showing more than 30,000 colony-forming units per millilitre. It found staff training was inconsistent, with no standard training requirements and many different institutions offering courses. Flanigan and the co-authors recommended the introduction of infection control guidelines specific to the procedure, education about the correct use of personal protective equipment as part of training, and microbial water sampling of water storage tanks every six months.
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