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Chapter 4 Care and Maintenance 59
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”.
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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.
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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.
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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).