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Chiara started the topic Medipal wipes damaging clinical equipment in the forum Environment, Equipment & Products 3 hours, 54 minutes ago

Good morning all,
Recently I was asked by the clinical engineer team to review the chemicals used for cleaning the clinical equipment as a lot of expensive equipment reported serious damages. The staff used mostly Medipal disinfectant wipes for everything and Chlorine based products for infectious patients.
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editor replied to the topic Water & Ventilation in the forum Environment, Equipment & Products 2 years, 4 months ago

Hi Tracy, indeed it is challenging to find a specific course for environmental IPC in Ireland. I am currently working as IPC lead for the National Children’s Hospital that is being built and I have found conferences & webinars invaluable. The HBNs & HTMs are a good place to start for specific projects, though can be cumbersome at times. The good…[Read more]

editor replied to the topic Dirty utility in the forum Environment, Equipment & Products 2 years, 8 months ago

Thanks Lenora,

That’s really helpful.

We aren’t installing hoppers in the new build, it’s likely we will be going with macerators.

Best wishes,

Brona.

CHI (Children’s Health Ireland)

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