New AE (D) role should benefit patient safety.
With all aspects of hospital hygiene under the spotlight, Jonathan Baillie examines the important new role of Authorising Engineer (Decontamination), explains, with the help of experienced sterilisation/decontamination specialist Mick Compton, how the role developed, and discusses the key part that IHEEM will play as the only current UK institute with the authority to register AE (D)s as a mark of their competence and skills.
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D003666:Decontamination / Q000592:standards; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000382:microbiology; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D024382:Professional Role; D017751:Safety Management; D006113:United Kingdom