title: Best Practices for Managing Medical Equipment and Supplies Stored in a Vehicle.
abstract: Home care clinicians often have to transport supplies to patients' homes, and remove and transport items from the home after care is provided. This article will provide guidelines and best practices for the proper methods of managing and storing infection prevention and control supplies and regulated medical waste in a home care clinician's personal vehicle.
authors.affiliation: Mary McGoldrick, MS, RN, CRNI, is a Home Care and Hospice Consultant, Home Health Systems, Inc., Saint Simons Island, Georgia.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McGoldrick
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018986:Motor Vehicles