EQUIPMENT
Issue, cleaning and repair of the following equipment:
Ø IV Pumps
Ø Feeding Pumps
Ø Hypo-Hyper Thermia Units
Ø K-Modules
Ø PCA Pumps
Ø Kendall compression Devices
Ø AVI Devices
Ø External Pacemakers
Ø Special Beds (Roto Rest, Kin-Air, Fluid Air, Biodyne and Bari-Kare, BariAir)
Ø VAC Units
Sterilization of reusable equipment and supplies used in direct patient care:
Ø Treatment Trays – Adult Chest Tube, Adult Cutdown, Infant Cutdown, Ventric, Tracheostomy, Suture, Crutchfield Tong, Subdrual Tap, Renal Biopsy, Kirschner Wire, Lung Pleural Biopsy, Gardner Well Tongs, Pelvic Exam, Pediatric Kidney Biopsy, Universal Procedure Tray.
Ø VAC Change Tray
Ø Emergency Department Trays – Abdominal Tap, Adult Chest Tube, Crutchfield Tong, Adult Cutdown, D&C, Delivery, ENT, Kirschner Wire, Open Lavage, Pelvic Exam, Plastic, Sigmoidoscopy, Suture, Thoracotomy A, Thoracotomy B, Tracheostomy, Ventric, Cricothyrotomy
Ø Operating Room Supplies – Packs, Gowns, Sheets, and Basins
Ø Individual Linen Items – Towels, Blankets (Bath), Sheets (Draw and Large)
Ø Miscellaneous Items – Sterile Basins, Scrub Brushes, Trach Tubes, Culture Tubes, Medicine Glasses, Speculums, Cotton Balls, and Oral Airways.
STERILIZER MONITORING
Central Service is responsible for the monitoring of all sterilization within the hospital. This includes biological monitoring of steam sterilization daily and ETO (gas) Sterilization every load and Paracetic Acid, “System One” Sterilization.
Departments monitored:
Ø Operating Room
Ø WFUP
Ø Central Service
Record Keeping of all biological monitoring.