Ensuring reusable equipment meets patients' needs and infection prevention guidelines.
This article describes the processes used by an infection prevention and control team to identify a commode chair that would meet the needs of patients in an acute teaching hospital, and could be easily cleaned and disinfected. Some of the strategies used to ensure the commode was fit for purpose could be applied when searching for other reusable equipment for patient use.
Goodbody
Joan
J
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust.
Gallo
Melanie
M
D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D004867:Equipment Design; D017743:Equipment Reuse / Q000592:standards*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D014038:Toilet Facilities