User's Manual

Cleaning in a health care en viro nment
T h is sec t ion describes the cleaning pr oc edur es f or a T a bl et PC in a h e al th care e n vir on ment.
Disinf ec ting pr oc edur es
Y o u sh oul d periodic al l y disinf ec t th e table t a c cor ding t o the institutio n a l polices of sur f ace
an d equipment sa f e t y an d clea nlin ess .
Acc or d i ng t o t h e Ce nt e r s fo r D i s e a s e Co n t ro l, “i tems that do not ordinarily t ouch the patien t
or t o u c h o n l y in ta c t sk in a r e n o t in vo lv ed in dise a s e tr a n smission , a n d gen e r a ll y do n o t
nec e ssitat e disinf ec tion bet w een uses on diff er ent patients ” .
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We r ec ommend using an EP A-
ap pr ov e d low-level disinf ec tant wh en general clea ning is r e quir ed. F or a li st of cle a n i ng
soluti ons t e sted by Motion C o mputing , see “ C leaning solutions ” on page 58.
If the tablet bec o mes soi l ed with blood or ot her body fluids , chemica l g e rmicides that ar e
EP A-ap pr ov e d f or use a s ho spital disinf ec tants a n d t h at ar e tuber c ul ocidal/virucida l w h e n
used at r ec ommen d e d dilutio n s and c o n t ac t time s can be used . V i sibly s oiled ar eas should
fi rst be cl e a n e d a n d th en c h e m ica l ly dec o n t a m in a t ed . F or disin f ec tion , th e cl ea n e d a r ea s
sho u ld be moist e ned with th e ap pr o p ria t e ge rmicide an d al lo w e d t o air dr y .
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If a ta bl et is u s ed with p a tien ts w h o a r e inf ec t e d or c o l o n i z e d w ith va nc om y c in -r esista n t
entero cocci or oth e r dr ug-r e s istant microor g an isms judge d by th e inf ec t ion contr o l
prog r a m ( b a s e d on cu rr en t sta t e , r e g i on al , or na tion al r ec omme n da tio n s , t o be of spe c ia l or
clinical or epidemiolog i c sig n if ica n ce or with high ly vir ul en t mi c roor g an i s ms such as Ebo l a
or Lassa ), then the ta blet shou ld be dedica t e d to one pa tient or pa t i ent c o ho r t or subjec ted to
low-l e vel disinf ec tion bet w ee n patie n t uses .
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T raining and documenta t ion c o nsider ations
Al l user s o f Mo tio n T a blet PC s in th e h e a lth c a r e en viro n me n t s h o u ld be pr ovided with
tr a i n i ng on pr o p er c l ea ning p r oc edur es . C l e a ning p r oc edur es sh oul d be a dde d t o th e
instit ution's policies and pr oc edur es f or inf ec t ion con t ro l .
1. C e nt ers f or D i s e ase C o ntr o l and P r ev en tion. “S t e rilization or Disinf ec tion of M e di ca l D e vi ces- G e neral P r inciples . ” 2002 .
<w ww .cdc.go v /ncid od/ dhqp/bp_sterilization _ m e dDevi c es.h tml> (2 0 Sept . 2006 ).
2. C e nt ers f or D i s e ase C o ntr o l and P r ev en tion. “S t e rilization or Disinf ec tion of P a tien t- Car e Equ i pmen t- HIV Relate d . ” 20 00.
<w ww .cdc.go v /ncid od/ dhqp/bp_sterilizatio n_patien t_car e .h tml> (20 Sept . 2006 ).
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