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Hallways

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Does anyone have a standard about cleaning the hallways in the department like how often are they cleaned?

Ashley Bode Category Environmental Cleaning 17d

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@Ashley Bode
Hallways should be cleaned/disinfected nightly after the ORs end of day cleaning/disinfecting has ...

Turnover for Robot Room

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Hi everyone! We have a surgeon here proposing some ideas to shorten our turnover time in our robot room. Just ...

Teresa Davis Category Environmental Cleaning Oct '23

Oct '23

No, please, we have guidelines describing best practices for cleaning the ORs and for breaking the sterile field. ...

Cleaning after a LEEP procedure

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How do you clean after LEEP or other UROGYN procedures where tissue being cauterized is suspected of having HPV ...

Kerry Kilgore Category Environmental Cleaning Aug '23

Walls and ceilings

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We are in the process of transitioning our procedure clinic from clean only procedures to include sterile ...

Jennifer Griest Category Environmental Cleaning Jun '23

Jun '23

@Jennifer Griest
Jennifer, I am really clear as to what you are saying about clean vs sterile procedures.

Please ...

Brooms in OR

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At a recent position, a manager asked about brooms for cleaning up the IR after a case. I thought I would throw this ...

Elizabeth Austin Evans Category Environmental Cleaning Jun '23

Jun '23

@Elizabeth Austin Evans

IR procedure rooms are considered the same as licensed operating rooms. As an infection ...

Cleaning the OR after a fire and the use of multiple Fire ...

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Does anyone have a protocol for cleaning the OR after a fire with multiple fire extinguishers being used? I can't ...

Debra Lohmeyer Category Environmental Cleaning Apr '23

SPD organization- org chart?

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SPD- How does your org chart look? Does your SPD report up through OR leadership? or directly to COO? How many ...

Rebecca Arthur Category Environmental Cleaning Mar '23

Mar '23

@Rebecca Arthur At our facility SPD reports up through OR Leadership. SPD Lead→ OR CC→Surgical Services ...

CJD

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What is everyone's EVS using for CJD terminal cleaning?

Rachel Demeter Category Environmental Cleaning Mar '23

When should turnover cleaning start?

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our turnover team starts wiping down/cleaning equipment prior to the scrub tech removing all instrumentation ...

Sherry James Category Environmental Cleaning Dec '22

Dec '22

Cleaning of the room should not start until the patient and all items from that previous patient are cleared from ...

Recommended air exchanges for latex allergy patients ...

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Looking for recommendation regarding room turnover, air exchanges for patients with latex allergy . How long ...

Maria Celeste Dealino-Perez Category Environmental Cleaning Oct '22

Oct '22

@Maria Celeste Dealino-Perez Our facility's policy is one hour following cleaning to allow for total room air ...

Cleaning of your OR's

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Wondering what cleaner you are using in your OR's. We have been trialing a Ecolab -Oxicide product but staff have ...

Patricia Hoesly Category Environmental Cleaning Jul '22

Jul '22

Our department uses the PDI Sani-Cloth AF3 wipes. They also have a 3 minute dry time with very low odor. I have never ...

Maximum time before cleaning an OR begins

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I work at a critical access hospital that has 2 ORs and just like everyone else we are having difficulty with ...

Kayla Rynearson Category Environmental Cleaning Jul '22

Jul '22

Our OR team cleans the ORs, meaning the RN andScrub tech. We only have OR aides Mon through Friday 630am until 730pm.
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How often to clean lead aprons?

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Hello. I have tried to find guidelines for how often it is recommended to clean lead aprons? I have contacted the ...

Belinda Waterman Category Environmental Cleaning Jun '22

Jun '22

Our hospital is in the same situation. If you find any information could you forward it on please?

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creating an orientation binder for new hires in this ...

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Help in creating an orientation binder for new hires in an EVS position

Teresa Contreras Category Environmental Cleaning May '22

Jun '22

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660a4e8aca8d9d2447f70e2d9838806f-huge-im — I know this isn‘t exactly what you need but may help with ideas. It’s for our attendant position. I included ...

Environmental Cleaning in between short procedures

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I'm interested in learning how your OR rooms are cleaned for in-between short procedures (i.e., cataract, carpal ...

Silvinita Rowe Category Environmental Cleaning May '22

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