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Does the scanner or computer touch the patient? Sure the wheels touch the floor of the room, the nurse touches the patient and them the scanner and keyboard, so I do see the cross contamination issue, but is that not true for each and every room and patient, not just isolation rooms. The nurse doesn't clean her shoes between patients, her watch, stethoscope, etc....Hopefully she does wash her hands and or remove booties and or gloves and gown when needed for the patient's care. Now that being said, you could clean the device (Cart/COW) after leaving the isolation room, wipe it down with whatever disinfectant is appropriate per your policy. Or each isolation room could have its own device and it is only cleaned when the room is cleaned between patients? It has been along time since I worked with EMAR/BMV, we had a device cleaning policy, but I do not remember a separate/specific policy for cleaning any device for isolation patients. Maybe we had one and I just do not remember (it has been 5-6yrs and I am old now, so I forget things...ha ha.) This was a hot topic when we installed EMAR/BMV, and at my current facility it is again a hot topic, we will be implementing EMAR/BMV later this year, but I feel it is not as much an issue as people make it out to be. Sure we have to be aware of infection control, wash our hands, wear appropriate protective equipment specific for that patient and their isolation needs, etc...We all know there are too many Staph(STAFF) infections in every hospital, so this is a valid issue. Some facilities have used clear wrap over the keyboards and changed that clear wrap (saran wrap or whatever-we bought large rolls of it and each nursing unit replaced the keyboard cover each shift or more frequently if needed (body fluids or liquids on keyboard cover). I have seen some vendors that sell these keyboard covers, and they are washable, can be disinfected, etc... Good Luck, -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David S. Dickason Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 6:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Documentation in Isolation Rooms All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by Sophos and MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
