Care, cleaning and disinfection of respiratory equipment in sterile services department
28 December 2021
| COVID-19: Clinical care
Overview
This collection of posters are intended for health care workers, biomedical engineers and staff of health facilities in charge of caring, cleaning, decontaminating and sterilizing respiratory medical equipment in hospitals and health facilities. They include checklists to ensure the optimal infection prevention and control during their use and between patients.
They describe the procedures to follow (Checklists) to clean, decontaminate and sterilize different respiratory devices:
- Oxygen concentrators,
- Non-invasive mechanical ventilation equipment: High flow nasal cannula, BiPAP/CPAP,
- Mechanical ventilators,
- Pulse oximeters and monitors.
See also
- Medical equipment related to oxygen therapy – Cleaning – task sequence
- Checklists for care, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of respiratory devices
WHO Team
WHO Headquarters (HQ)
Editors
WHO
Number of pages
1
Copyright
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO