Cleaning and Disinfection

Introduction

Overview

Test Your Knowledge: Cleaning & Disinfection

General Overview

The Five Categories of Cleaning and Disinfection

Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection

Guidelines of Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection

Guidelines of Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Knowledge Check

Patient Care Equipment

Guidelines of Patient Care Equipment Cleaning, Disinfection, and Reprocessing of Reusable Instruments

Patient Care Equipment Knowledge Check

Laundry Management Procedures

Guidelines of Laundry Management

Waste Management Procedures

Guidelines of Waste Management

Guidelines of Waste Management Knowledge Check

Dead Body Management Procedures

Guidelines of Dead Body Management

Guidelines of Dead Body Management Knowledge Check

Cleaning and Disinfection Summary

Final Assessment: Cleaning & Disinfection

Wrap up

Cleaning and Disinfection Summary

Body bags should be disinfected with 0.1% chlorine before transfer *

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Non-clinical areas should be disinfected the same as clinical areas *

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Non-clinical areas should be disinfected the same as clinical areas *

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Two half-empty waste bins can be combined to be one full bin *

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Sharps containers should be disposed of when ¾ full *

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Reusable semi-critical and critical medical devices should be sterilised before re-use *

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Cleaning surfaces should always happen first before you can disinfect *

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Cleaning and disinfection only need to happen once a week *

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Protective gloves and eye protection should be worn during the preparation of cleaning and disinfectant products *

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