NCRHA RESPONDS TO REUSING CONSUMABLES ALLEGATION

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The doctor whose name appears on a message which suggests the Mt. Hope Women's Hospital should start reusing consumables’, is denying that he ever sent such a message. This from head of the NCRHA Davlin Thomas, who tells TV6, the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Centre upholds the highest sterilisation and sanitisation standards. Rynessa Cutting has more.

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00:00It appears to be a screenshot from the Mount Hope Women's Hospital obstetrics group chat a message attributed to a senior

00:07Doctor reads we need to reuse some of these consumables

00:12Risk of infection is low to which another person responds

00:16to which another person responds that decision is for our max and

00:21infection control together with accreditation team and quote

00:26TV6 News

00:27contacted head of the North Central Regional Health Authority

00:31Darlene Thomas who says the doctor in question has denied making any such suggestion

00:38professionally purporting to have said that has denied that then I monthly but

00:43nevertheless, we

00:45We this is not a practice that that is

00:49Is I mean the same that he posed it?

00:53I mean the issue is that there's not a practice that we would allow anyway

00:57There's not a practice that that the industry facilitates

01:00But Thomas confirms that some consumables can be reused the deeper question is whether we utilize

01:08consumables or reuse consumables without

01:12sterilization, I mean there's only one very small category of consumables that can be utilized and

01:18we we

01:21Utilize all instruments and consumables equipment and so on that are required for patient care after

01:28sterilization Thomas says the facility utilizes

01:31advanced technologies to ensure high standards of sterilization and

01:37sanitization in accordance with best practice

01:40To the extent where we utilize other kinds of technologies that that that we know people other people in the Caribbean

01:47Don't use so for example

01:49we

01:51verify our

01:52deep-cleaning cycles using

01:56instruments that test for bio

01:58materials and surfaces

02:01and

02:02If we find biomaterials on the surfaces, we redo we redo the deep clean and etc

02:09Medical consumables cover a wide range of products used in clinical settings such as gloves

02:15Gauze and surgical instruments, Renessa cutting TV 6 News

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