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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”.

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.

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. 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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