Implementation of Cleaning Process for Mobile Patient Equipment

Implementation of Cleaning Process for Mobile Patient Equipment

(96%). The frequency of effective cleaning of high-touch surfaces in occupied patient rooms significantly improved following education (Table). Conclusion. A novel educational program, designed using adult learning theory, that addressed ESW’s self-identified challenges was well-received and appears to have resulted in learning, behavior change, and improved daily cleaning. Future research will...

Computer equipment used in patient care within a multihospital system: recommendations for cleaning and disinfection.

Computer hardware has been implicated as a potential reservoir for infectious agents. Leaders of a 22-hospital system, which spans North America and serves pediatric patients with orthopedic or severe burns, sought to develop recommendations for the cleaning and disinfection of computer hardware within its myriad patient care venues. A task force comprising representatives from infection contro...

Cleaning injecting equipment: a message gone wrong?

Over 100 syringe exchange schemes exist in the United Kingdom,' aiming at limiting the spread of HIV among drug users. The main strategy is to reduce sharing of injecting equipment by providing information about HIV and AIDS and supplying sterile equipment. If clean injecting equipment is not available the next best step is to clean used equipment properly. This approach was adopted in San Fran...

Reuse Limits and Regeneration of Solutions for Cleaning Dairy Equipment

Usable life of cleaning solutions in a model heat processing unit was studied by evaluation of the nature and quantity of residue remaining on the surface of the equipment after cleaning. Lipoidal residue was recovered from equipment surfaces by ether rinsing. A surface displacement technique was used to quantify the lipoidal material, which was characterized by gas-liquid chromatographic analy...

Cleaning and Disinfecting Prothrombin Monitoring Equipment.