Backyard Botox
December 18, 2012
THE WA Department of Health
has issued a warning to all patients
who received cosmetic procedures
at the home of a registered nurse,
Tiffany Fraser of Wembley Downs,
to visit their GP as soon as possible
for a blood test.
The warning follows
an investigation of a possible
infection control breach at Fraser's
home, which was unable to rule
out the risk that a possible
infection control breach could have
exposed Fraser's patients to bloodborne
virus or bacterial infection.
Under Australian law and Medical
Board guidelines, nurses are not
permitted to administer cosmetic
treatments such as Botox, unless
supervised by a doctor.
MEANWHILE the Cosmetic
Physicians Society of Australasia
has responded to the warning by
saying “We don’t think this is an
isolated event, the CPSA is
concerned that this illegal and
dangerous practice occurs with
alarming regularity”.
“The order for such
administration may only be given
after the doctor has completed a
full medical history and examination
of the patient and then prescribed
the treatment,” the CPSA added.
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