Thinus van Rensburg wrote: > We are in the process of preparing for accreditation - I get my > sterile equipment sterilised at the Skin Clinic where I work in the > morning (for the next few weeks then only at our own place). The Skin > Clinic has had their sterilisation setup inspected by ACT health > and they comply with all the ACT rules and requirements BUT they are > not AGPAL/ other organisation (whatever they're called) accredited. > > AGPAL refuses to accept this and I now have to try and source a > facility that is accredited or only use disposables- I can use the > local private hospital but they charge $33 per pack that is simply too > much - I'm paying $17 at present. I can cope with disposable > instruments for simple procedures but when I'm doing face or neck work > I want a decent fine set - does anyone know if these are found in > disposables and where/ how much ? > > I really dont know if I should even proceed with this accreditation - > absolute BS !! > > T > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > Thinus I would appeal the decision about your Skin Clinic sterilisation. If you can show documents from the Skin Clinic that proves they have been inspected and approved by ACT health then that should be adequate. If the surveyors say no, then appeal above them to AGPAL themselves. We get our sterilisation done at our local public hospital and all our surveyors required was a letter form the hospital stating they did our sterilising and it was done according to some standard. I don't think our hospital was accredited when we first got accreditation (it is now). I agree that accreditation is getting a bit too onerous. Methinks the bar is being raised ridiculously and unnecessarily high! Rob Hosking
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