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Chapter 6 Care, Storage and Disposal
HIGH FLOW INSUFFLATION UNIT UHI-3
Chapter 6 Care, Storage and Disposal
6.1
General policy
• The medical literature reports incidents of patient cross contamination
resulting from improper cleaning or sterilization. It is strongly
recommended that reprocessing personnel have a thorough
understanding of and follow all national and local hospital guidelines and
policies.
• A specific individual or individuals in the unit should be responsible for
reprocessing equipment. It is highly desirable that a trained backup be
available should the primary reprocessing individual(s) be absent.
• All individuals responsible for reprocessing should thoroughly
understand:
• occupational health and safety regulations
• all national and local hospital guidelines and policies
• the instructions in this manual
• the mechanical aspects of equipment
• pertinent germicide labeling