Disinfect to Protect
This process results in the elimination of many or all pathogenic microorganisms, except bacterial spores, on inanimate objects.
What is high level disinfection?
This is the type of disinfectant that the Trophon system uses.
What is hydrogen peroxide mist?
Documentation Challenges: Trophon documentation must support this type of tracing.
What is bi-directional?
Earle H. Spaulding devised a rational approach to disinfection and sterilization of patient-care items and equipment. His approach is called...
What is...The Spaulding Classification
These are the current 2 Trophon products in use within Novant.
What is the Trophon 2 & Trophon EPR?
Staff Training & Competency: This is the requirement for how often staff who perform HLD with Trophon should be validated & show competency.
What is annually/yearly?
This type of disinfection is utilized when disinfecting semi-critical items (items coming into contact with mucous membranes or non-intact skin).
What is High Level Disinfection?
What are chemical indicators?
Probe Storage in Trophon: The probe should be placed above the embossed line and without contacting this.
What is the chamber wall?
These are the 3 process levels of disinfecting.
What is low-level, intermediate-level and high-level?
An advantage to using Trophon is the short disinfection cycle. How long is Trophon's disinfection cycle?
What is 7 minutes?
Cycle Pass/Fail: If it is determined that a cycle has failed, you repeat the cycle with a new indicator. If a second cycle fails, this is who should be contacted after the device is immediately taken out of use.
What is the user's leader and biomedical engineering department?
What is the MIFU and Novant approved disinfectant list?
This Trophon is equipped with AcuTrace, which used radio frequency identification to identify ultrasound probes, operator log ins, and track the Sonex-HL cartridges and chemical indicators used.
What is Trophon 2?
This log assists in identifying how often to clean the outside (weekly & PRN) and the inside (monthly & PRN) of the Trophon unit.
What is the Trophon Cleaning Log?