Infection control when servicing medical and laboratory equipment.
The risks of infection in servicing medical and hospital laboratory equipment are reviewed. Recommended procedures and precautions for dealing with these risks are detailed. These are based upon the practice adopted in the authors' own department. A 'permit to work' scheme is not felt to be universally applicable and the guiding criteria to judge any applied procedure are set down.
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Department of Clinical Physics and Bio-Engineering, Glasgow, UK.
Shaw
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008283:Maintenance; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012306:Risk