Please can you tell me what you would recommend for cleaning procedure trays/trolleys prior to preparing IV drugs or any other aseptic procedure in hospitals. I work for a large NHS Trust and have recently had some debate on cleaning trays. I currently advocate cleaning a plastic tray with soap & water and then decontaminating with 70% alcohol wipe but the evidence for this is limited. Does anyone have any evidence supporting the correct procedure?
Cheryl
We don't have evidence to support, but it makes sense to us. We use the bedside table for sterile supplies and sterile field set-up. We use cleaning wipes (Sani-Wipes contact time about 2-3 minutes) for this table and allow to dry before using the table.
Once that surface is clean, we use it for setting up the sterile field with the sterile PICC tray and supplies.
Gwen
We don't have evidence to support, but it makes sense to us. We use the bedside table for sterile supplies and sterile field set-up. We use cleaning wipes (Sani-Wipes contact time about 2-3 minutes) for this table and allow to dry before using the table.
Once that surface is clean, we use it for setting up the sterile field with the sterile PICC tray and supplies.
Gwen