Care, cleaning and disinfection of respiratory equipment in sterile services department

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.