S02 - SOLICITATION ATTACHMENT - D.15 PRE-TREATMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OF SOILED CRITICAL AND SEMI-CRITICAL REUSEABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.pdf
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This memorandum outlines pre-treatment and transportation requirements for soiled reusable medical equipment within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Facilities must follow manufacturer instructions for use when pre-treating equipment, which involves removing gross debris and applying an FDA-approved enzymatic solution directly to instruments. Transportation of soiled equipment from point of use to the soiled utility area must utilize a properly labeled, puncture-resistant biohazard container or enclosed cart. Methods include an exchange system where containers are swapped out or transporting containers directly to the soiled area while wearing appropriate PPE. The related federal contract opportunity seeks proposals to establish a multi-specialty community based outpatient clinic in Watertown, New York to provide primary care, mental health care, and two or more specialty services on-site to veterans in Jefferson County, with access to additional specialties via telehealth or referral. Proposals are due by the date specified in the solicitation.
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Department of
Veterans Affairs
Date: f EB 1 1 2016
Memorandum
From: Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health Operations and Management (1 ON) subj: Pre-treatment and Transportation of Soiled Critical and Semi-Critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) ro: VISN Directors, VISN CMOs, VISN QMOs, VISN Nurse Executives, VISN Sterile
Processing Boards
1. This memorandum is to improve current processes for pre-t transportation of soiled RME from the point of use to a econtamination area in accordance with professional practice standards.
2. Pre-Treatment:
a. Responsibility of end user
b. Manufacturer's Instructions for Use (IFUs) must be followed
c. Removal of all gross debris must occur prior to application of enzymatic solution
d. Use of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved pretreatment enzymatic solution (Note: If IFUs delineate specific validated solution, said solution must be used)
e. Thoroughly spray enzymatic solution directly onto instruments to be cleaned allowing for each instrument to remain covered to dissolve bioburden.
f. Application of enzymatic solution is to be done immediately following
RME use. This can occur at point of care or within soiled utility room.
3. Transport of RME from point of care to soiled utility/appropriate holding area:
a. Properly labeled medical grade puncture resistant biohazard rigid container or an enclosed cart is to be used to transport all RME
b. Two methods:
i. Exchange transport container - the container with the soiled RME is placed in the utility room and a clean container (which has been intermediate level disinfected between uses) acquired from clean storage is taken back to the point of use.
ii. Point of use transport container - the container with soiled RME at point of care is transported to soiled utility room where end user will don appropriate PPE to transfer soiled RME to designated collection container that is a properly labeled medical grade puncture resistant biohazard rigid container. The point of care
D.15 PRE-TREATMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OF SOILED CRITICAL AND SEMI-
CRITICAL REUSEABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
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