Our library has been running at North Tees Hospital, Stockton on Tees, for 18 months now. When equipment is sent out on loan we attach a 'Device Loan Form'which has a section completed by our staff noting the date we decontaminated the equipment and the date and time it was last recharged electrically. After use, the bottom section of the form is a decontamination certificate, completed by ward staff to say they have 'socially cleaned' the pump so that it safe to transport back to the library There is also space for them to tell us if it has been used on an infectious patient. Ward staff are also required to complete the name and d.o.b. or PAS no. of the patient. One copy of the form is put into the patient's notes, the other is returned with the device to the library and is put onto a database. This ensures traceability of the equipment to the patient.
