As much as 75 percent of an operating room (OR) may not be sufficiently cleaned or disinfected, according to an article on the Becker's Infection Control and Clinical Quality website.
The article offers links to five sample disinfection and terminal cleaning checklists for ORs and procedure rooms. They are:
• Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center's 10-item terminal cleaning checklist for ambulatory surgery center (ASC) operating rooms
• Clorox Healthcare offers a generalized OR terminal cleaning checklist
• The Association for periOperative Registered Nurses offers a 22-item, customizable OR and environmental cleaning checklist
• The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston offers a sample environmental and OR cleaning checklist for emerging infectious disease patient rooms
• The ASC Quality Collaboration offers a checklist and policy and procedure development materials
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