Motion Computing F5, C5, GU3K2722 Cleaning in a health care environment, Disinfecting procedures

Cleaning in a health care environment

This section describes the cleaning procedures for the tablet PC in a health care environment.

Disinfecting procedures

You should periodically disinfect the system according to the institutional polices of surface and equipment safety and cleanliness. Motion has tested a variety of antimicrobial solvents and information on specific products is available upon request.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “items that do not ordinarily touch the patient or touch only intact skin are not involved in disease transmission, and generally do not necessitate disinfection between uses on different patients”.1 We recommend using an EPA-approved low-level disinfectant when general cleaning is required. For a list of cleaning solutions tested by Motion Computing, see “Cleaning solutions” on page 60.

If the system becomes soiled with blood or other body fluids, a hospital-approved low-level disinfectant that is tuberculocidal/virucidal when used at recommended dilutions and contact times can be used.

Visibly soiled areas should first be cleaned and then disinfected, or a detergent disinfectant can be used. For disinfection, the cleaned areas should be moistened with the appropriate germicide and allowed to air dry.2

If the system is used with patients who are infected or colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococci or other drug-resistant microorganisms judged by the infection control program (based on current state, regional, or national recommendations, to be of special or clinical or epidemiologic significance or with highly virulent microorganisms such as Ebola or Lassa), then the unit should be dedicated to one patient or patient cohort or subjected to low-level cleaning between patient uses.1

1.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Sterilization or Disinfection of Medical Devices-General Principles.” 2002.

<www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/bp_sterilization_medDevices.html> (20 Sept. 2006).

2.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Sterilization or Disinfection of Patient-Care Equipment-HIV Related.” 2000.

<www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/bp_sterilization_patient_care.html> (20 Sept. 2006).

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