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Oh yes, we've been here before! 
If you don't inspect ... don't expect.
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Here is another phase "double handling".
Lee
Don't forget "we've never had it so good".
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Following on from our discussions about nursing staff cleaning medical equipment (or not) our Deputy Head of Nursing has recently sent out a circular as below As you will be aware, the trust is implementing a process to label
patient equipment that has been cleaned between patients
ready for use.
These labels are made by vernacare and are green and have
provision for staff to document:
Date when equipment cleaned
Practitioners name (not signature) who cleaned the device
Tick box demonstrating cleaning has occurred.
This information must be completed by the practitioner responsible for
cleaning the equipment and be adhered to the equipment immediately
These labels are made of paper and on the reverse of the label is a
½ side of sticky that will adhere to equipment without leaving behind
any tacky residue. They come on a roll and can easily be torn off to
the required length.
Positioning of labels:
These labels must be applied to all equipment used by patients.
This includes items such as:
Bed frames
Bedside chairs
Lockers
Drip stands
Trolleys
footstools
Medical equipment/ device used for the patient i.e. ECG
Bedside tables
* In each area you will have equipment used frequently by
patients that is wiped clean in-between patients. This equipment
, at the end of the day, must be cleaned thoroughly and labelled
ready for use the following day. This process must be agreed by
the Head of department.
* This list is not exhaustive and Heads of Departments are asked to
review all equipment and identify the equipment needed to be included
in this practice.
Unfortunately the table etc did not convert but you get the message. Lee
Last edited by Lee S; 29/04/08 11:26 AM.
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I'm hoping that this stuff was intended for the Public Domain (I've felt the need to edit it slightly, for clarity):- As you will be aware, the Trust is implementing a process to label patient equipment that has been cleaned between patients ready for use.
These labels are made by Vernacare and are green and have provision for staff to document:-
- Date when equipment cleaned
- Practitioners name (not signature) who cleaned the device
- Tick box demonstrating cleaning has occurred.
This information must be completed by the practitioner responsible for cleaning the equipment and be adhered to the equipment immediately.
These labels are made of paper and on the reverse of the label is a ½ side of sticky that will adhere to equipment without leaving behind any tacky residue. They come on a roll and can easily be torn off to the required length.
Positioning of labels:-
These labels must be applied to all equipment used by patients. This includes items such as:-
- Bed frames
- Bedside chairs
- Lockers
- Drip stands
- Trolleys
- Footstools
Medical equipment/device used for the patient ie,:-
- ECG
- Bedside tables
* In each area you will have equipment used frequently by patients that is wiped clean in-between patients. This equipment, at the end of the day, must be cleaned thoroughly and labeled ready for use the following day. This process must be agreed by the Head of Department.
* This list is not exhaustive and Heads of Departments are asked to review all equipment and identify the equipment needed to be included in this practice.
If you don't inspect ... don't expect.
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Thanks Geoff,
I had a few problems with the text.
Lee
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No worries, Mate. I hope you don't think I was interfering, but I've found myself that if you don't make it (shall we say) simple, some folks just "glaze over", as it were. That's the trouble with the internet, it's just too easy to click off someplace else!
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In this day & age with it being so much in the news you would think this would all be sorted by now, only last week i was given an audit report of equipment fresh out of a hospital at the end of it's lease & in the pictures you could see it still had blood on it!!!!!
The road to enlightenment is full of confusion, missteps and soggy fries 
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Last year i spent a good deal of time designing a Decontamination / Equipment Status label. Refined by the comments of various technicians, nurses and Infection Control.
The final design was submitted to a company and quoted for. Then came the question, who's paying for it? My department (Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering) offered to meet 50% but when Inf. Control were asked to meet the other 50%, they refused as they saw no benefit! So my label has been long forgotten (got an image but don't know how to post it here, is it possible?)
My wish would be that Trusts, politicians, the media and staff make Device decontamination and cleanliness top priority, even more than hand cleanliness (posters everywhere) as devices are in prolonged patient contact and that dirty equipment undermines the cleaning of hands. Although not an expert, i wouldn't be at all suprised if dirty medical equipment is now the major source of HAI's.
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Sounds like the same old story, Mate. It seems that, to some people at least, it's all just a game! Meanwhile, it looks like Huw hasn't set up image downloads for this thread, but you can upload an image here. Use Reply then click on File Manager and take it from there.
If you don't inspect ... don't expect.
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Well in my opinion the only time equipment gets properly cleaned is when it comes back to EBME. I take great pride in cleaning the equipment properly, but then again I treat everything as dirty and never take anyones word that its "Been Decontaminated!!". The users giving it a 2 sec wipe with a cloth is a poor show.
It is sad that the people who use the equipment use it with such contempt and cant spend a little time filling in paperwork and spending an extra couple of minutes doing it properly, instead of cutting corners!!
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