❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses the prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis C in WA prisons, transmission within the system, and prevention programs. The response provides data, clarifies terminology, and outlines existing initiatives.
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(1) How many individuals in WA’s prison system are HIV positive?
(2) How many individuals in WA’s prison system are carriers of hepatitis C?
(3) How many individuals in WA’s prison system have become HIV positive or hepatitis C positive while in prison?
(4) What programmes are currently in place to prevent the spread of the HIV and hepatitis C?
(2) How many individuals in WA’s prison system are carriers of hepatitis C?
(3) How many individuals in WA’s prison system have become HIV positive or hepatitis C positive while in prison?
(4) What programmes are currently in place to prevent the spread of the HIV and hepatitis C?
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26 June 2003
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(2) In December 2001 the Department of Justice, Health Services Directorate, commissioned the Hepatitis Council of WA to conduct a prevalence study of hepatitis C in the WA prison population. The study sampled from all prisons except for two that were exempted on logistical grounds. A total of 454 prisoners were selected for the sample group from a total of 2433 prisoners. The results of the study reflected national trends, with higher prevalence in women prisoners. Overall the study estimated that approximately 30% of male prisoners had hepatitis C in the metropolitan area and approximately 60% of women prisoners had hepatitis C in the metropolitan area. Those infected with hepatitis C do not become “carriers” within the public health context of the word, they may spontaneously clear the virus (25% of cases) or clear the virus through drug treatment (up to 50% clearance rate with combination therapy). For those who are unable to clear the virus, they remain actively infected with the capacity to infect others. (3) Clinical practice suggests that the transmission of hepatitis C in correctional settings does occur, although few cases have been documented worldwide. Kate Dolan a leading prison health researcher published the findings of a study in 1999 which stated that there had been four cases of hepatitis C transmission in NSW correctional settings through blood to blood exchange. Public health experts are agreed that it is difficult to measure the incidence of hepatitis C and HIV in correctional settings given the incubation periods for the virus and multiple imprisonment episodes of high risk prisoners. There have been instances in other jurisdictions where a prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus three months into their sentence following negative test results on entry. This relates directly to the prisoner having been in the window period (infected but with undetectable virus) on entry. To date there is no clear evidence that any prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus during a period of imprisonment in the WA prison system. (4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
The results of the study reflected national trends, with higher prevalence in women prisoners. Overall the study estimated that approximately 30% of male prisoners had hepatitis C in the metropolitan area and approximately 60% of women prisoners had hepatitis C in the metropolitan area. Those infected with hepatitis C do not become “carriers” within the public health context of the word, they may spontaneously clear the virus (25% of cases) or clear the virus through drug treatment (up to 50% clearance rate with combination therapy). For those who are unable to clear the virus, they remain actively infected with the capacity to infect others. (3) Clinical practice suggests that the transmission of hepatitis C in correctional settings does occur, although few cases have been documented worldwide. Kate Dolan a leading prison health researcher published the findings of a study in 1999 which stated that there had been four cases of hepatitis C transmission in NSW correctional settings through blood to blood exchange. Public health experts are agreed that it is difficult to measure the incidence of hepatitis C and HIV in correctional settings given the incubation periods for the virus and multiple imprisonment episodes of high risk prisoners. There have been instances in other jurisdictions where a prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus three months into their sentence following negative test results on entry. This relates directly to the prisoner having been in the window period (infected but with undetectable virus) on entry. To date there is no clear evidence that any prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus during a period of imprisonment in the WA prison system. (4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
Those infected with hepatitis C do not become “carriers” within the public health context of the word, they may spontaneously clear the virus (25% of cases) or clear the virus through drug treatment (up to 50% clearance rate with combination therapy). For those who are unable to clear the virus, they remain actively infected with the capacity to infect others. (3) Clinical practice suggests that the transmission of hepatitis C in correctional settings does occur, although few cases have been documented worldwide. Kate Dolan a leading prison health researcher published the findings of a study in 1999 which stated that there had been four cases of hepatitis C transmission in NSW correctional settings through blood to blood exchange. Public health experts are agreed that it is difficult to measure the incidence of hepatitis C and HIV in correctional settings given the incubation periods for the virus and multiple imprisonment episodes of high risk prisoners. There have been instances in other jurisdictions where a prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus three months into their sentence following negative test results on entry. This relates directly to the prisoner having been in the window period (infected but with undetectable virus) on entry. To date there is no clear evidence that any prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus during a period of imprisonment in the WA prison system. (4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
(3) Clinical practice suggests that the transmission of hepatitis C in correctional settings does occur, although few cases have been documented worldwide. Kate Dolan a leading prison health researcher published the findings of a study in 1999 which stated that there had been four cases of hepatitis C transmission in NSW correctional settings through blood to blood exchange. Public health experts are agreed that it is difficult to measure the incidence of hepatitis C and HIV in correctional settings given the incubation periods for the virus and multiple imprisonment episodes of high risk prisoners. There have been instances in other jurisdictions where a prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus three months into their sentence following negative test results on entry. This relates directly to the prisoner having been in the window period (infected but with undetectable virus) on entry. To date there is no clear evidence that any prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus during a period of imprisonment in the WA prison system. (4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
There have been instances in other jurisdictions where a prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus three months into their sentence following negative test results on entry. This relates directly to the prisoner having been in the window period (infected but with undetectable virus) on entry. To date there is no clear evidence that any prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus during a period of imprisonment in the WA prison system. (4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
(4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
The results of the study reflected national trends, with higher prevalence in women prisoners. Overall the study estimated that approximately 30% of male prisoners had hepatitis C in the metropolitan area and approximately 60% of women prisoners had hepatitis C in the metropolitan area. Those infected with hepatitis C do not become “carriers” within the public health context of the word, they may spontaneously clear the virus (25% of cases) or clear the virus through drug treatment (up to 50% clearance rate with combination therapy). For those who are unable to clear the virus, they remain actively infected with the capacity to infect others. (3) Clinical practice suggests that the transmission of hepatitis C in correctional settings does occur, although few cases have been documented worldwide. Kate Dolan a leading prison health researcher published the findings of a study in 1999 which stated that there had been four cases of hepatitis C transmission in NSW correctional settings through blood to blood exchange. Public health experts are agreed that it is difficult to measure the incidence of hepatitis C and HIV in correctional settings given the incubation periods for the virus and multiple imprisonment episodes of high risk prisoners. There have been instances in other jurisdictions where a prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus three months into their sentence following negative test results on entry. This relates directly to the prisoner having been in the window period (infected but with undetectable virus) on entry. To date there is no clear evidence that any prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus during a period of imprisonment in the WA prison system. (4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
Those infected with hepatitis C do not become “carriers” within the public health context of the word, they may spontaneously clear the virus (25% of cases) or clear the virus through drug treatment (up to 50% clearance rate with combination therapy). For those who are unable to clear the virus, they remain actively infected with the capacity to infect others. (3) Clinical practice suggests that the transmission of hepatitis C in correctional settings does occur, although few cases have been documented worldwide. Kate Dolan a leading prison health researcher published the findings of a study in 1999 which stated that there had been four cases of hepatitis C transmission in NSW correctional settings through blood to blood exchange. Public health experts are agreed that it is difficult to measure the incidence of hepatitis C and HIV in correctional settings given the incubation periods for the virus and multiple imprisonment episodes of high risk prisoners. There have been instances in other jurisdictions where a prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus three months into their sentence following negative test results on entry. This relates directly to the prisoner having been in the window period (infected but with undetectable virus) on entry. To date there is no clear evidence that any prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus during a period of imprisonment in the WA prison system. (4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
(3) Clinical practice suggests that the transmission of hepatitis C in correctional settings does occur, although few cases have been documented worldwide. Kate Dolan a leading prison health researcher published the findings of a study in 1999 which stated that there had been four cases of hepatitis C transmission in NSW correctional settings through blood to blood exchange. Public health experts are agreed that it is difficult to measure the incidence of hepatitis C and HIV in correctional settings given the incubation periods for the virus and multiple imprisonment episodes of high risk prisoners. There have been instances in other jurisdictions where a prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus three months into their sentence following negative test results on entry. This relates directly to the prisoner having been in the window period (infected but with undetectable virus) on entry. To date there is no clear evidence that any prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus during a period of imprisonment in the WA prison system. (4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
There have been instances in other jurisdictions where a prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus three months into their sentence following negative test results on entry. This relates directly to the prisoner having been in the window period (infected but with undetectable virus) on entry. To date there is no clear evidence that any prisoner has moved from a negative to a positive infected state with a blood-borne virus during a period of imprisonment in the WA prison system. (4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
(4) The Department of Justice Health Services employs a Blood-borne Communicable Diseases (BBCD) Project Officer who coordinates the following: · The provision of condoms and dental dams for all prisoners statewide. · The provision of Exit Kits for prisoners on release; the Kits contain a condom, lubricant and health information. · The Keeping Safe Program for prisoners, which consists of a two-hour information and education program for prisoners on entry and pre release. This program is currently being revised to increase its appropriateness for the varying target groups within the prison system. · The Aboriginal Women’s Sexual and Drug Use Safety Project. This program is currently in development at Bandyup Women’s Prison to promote BBCD prevention through skills based training. · The Aboriginal BBCD Prisoner Peer Education Program. This project is currently recruiting a project officer. The purpose of the project is to develop a culturally relevant response to the issues of BBCD and lifestyle in the Aboriginal community. · Professional development for nurses. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector comprehensive training for nurses employed by the Department of Justice Health Services on the issue of BBCD has recently been completed. The purpose of the training has been to improve the standards for the clinical management of BBCD especially in the area of test counselling. · Professional development for Prison Officers. In partnership with the Department of Health and the community sector a BBCD Update Program is currently being developed which will ensure that all officers in the metropolitan area have had access to this update by the end of 2003, with regional access to follow. · Shared Care Program for the treatment of hepatitis C: This is a new program, which is currently being developed to increase the access to drug treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C. At this stage all three metropolitan Liver Clinics based in major teaching hospitals are involved in the program, protocols are being finalised and nominated Department of Justice Health Services nurses are receiving specialist training as Shared Care Coordinators. · An Infection Control Committee which monitors standards of infection control through its specially trained Infection Control Nurses at each site.
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