Originally posted by Stunorris:
I am interested to hear what policies different hospitals adopt with regards to equipment decontamination of Medical Devices prior to repair within your department.
Do you insist on a proper decontamination certificate ?, or, Do you accept it is as 'socially clean' ? 
At Kings College Hospital only staff within the Liver unit complete certificates at the moment. As part of the revised Medical Device Management Policy this will change in the near future.It has been agreed to relaunch a policy to recieve certificates from everyone.We do however strictly adhere to the practise of refusing to accept contaminated equipment. It gets returned pronto to the ward or department !
