Practice Briefs are evidence-based answers to the questions that were commonly asked by health care workers during our onsite visits. Click on the categories below to find the questions and then click on the questions to download the practice briefs for those questions.
What is the recommendation for alcohol purge and forced air drying after endoscope reprocessing?
Is it sufficient to clean shared nail clippers with alcohol?
What are the requirements for storing sterile items?
Are there specific resources for reprocessing of flexible endoscopes?
Is it safe to have alcohol hand sanitizer dispensers around confused adults?
Practice Briefs – Myth vs Fact regarding use of ABHR (Alcohol Based Hand Rub)
What is a “splash zone” and what is the guidance associated with it?
Should our dialysis facility be using a common saline bag to draw up our flushes?
Do I need to wear gloves when touching the dialysis machine during treatment?
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Page last reviewed: September 8, 2020