We have invested in one of these devices Genie - ATP Monitor

Before foramalising as a validation to reject dirty equipment - have set up evaluation protocol to randomly test 100 devices over august & september. Highest result logged so far @ 7,947 on a tympanic thermometer !.

Department has now been offered a regular training slot within Infection Control lectures to Clinical Staff in which to emphasis about cleaning equipment before service/repair. Hence am on the look out for any pictures of dirty equipment. Please email as jpegs to richard.steventon@sath.nhs.uk - Thanks

One or two to start you off in the gallery.

Some more pictures have been submitted

... I was wondering what that smell was!

I think i will cancel that pizza order! Not to hungry now!

Eddie

when I calibrate the typmanic thermometers here I find that low readings are invariably due to dirty probe tips that staff don't think to clean

mucky tip