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| On May 15 2006 3:48PM debbie.flaxman wrote: |
Hi
Is anyone currently using steam cleaning as a routine part of their hospital cleaning? I want to see it in action!!
Thanks very much
Debbie Flaxman
Consultant Nurse Infection Control
University Hospital Lewisham
o2o8 333 3030 ext 3263 0r 4464
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| On May 18 2006 4:11PM janet.tait wrote: |
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| On May 18 2006 4:23PM janet.tait wrote: |
| We have just finished creating a decontamination room suitable for steam cleaning equipment such as beds & commodes but haven't attempted to use steam for environmental cleaning. I can see the value for bathrooms and toilets where a room can be closed off for cleaning (steam can be messy!) but at 97% bed occupancy, we haven't a hope of using it in other areas!! Just to show how stupid the system is at present, we also haven't got approval for purchase of a steam cleaner, so what we're going to do with our nice new decontamination room beats me. They're all MAD, you know!!!! |
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| On May 20 2006 5:42PM david.green wrote: |
| I think we need to be a little cautious about steam cleaning. Is it employed to clean or to disinfect? It might achieve the former but not necessarily the latter. The white fluffy stuff that comes out of the kettle when its boiling is not steam but water vapour. Steam is the bit you get a few millimetres from the kettle's spout when its boiling, i.e. the colourless bit. My point being steam cools rapidly and therefore its cidal activity reduces. Cidal activity is also governed by length of exposure and penetration of steam into all of the item being treated. In steam cleaning exposure tends to be momentary and when treating soft furnishings like carpets penetration is limited. |
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