DHY 101 End of Day

ALWAYS open/close cabinets and drawers with a _____

barrier (paper towel)

ALWAYS pick up items that have touched the floor with a _____

barrier (paper towel)

1) before you begin Unit Breakdown, what do you need?

1. wearing a lab gown

2. wearing your safety glasses

3. wearing your mask

4. washed hands before putting on utility gloves

2) after putting on utility gloves, to begin Unit Breakdown, what do you do?

remove and dispose of all barriers, start with trash bag from patient chair

3) after disposing all barriers, what’s next?

flush water lines for 30 seconds for both hoses

4a) after flushing, what do you do?

wash your UTILITY gloves to be ready for sanitization

4b) to sanitize the unit, what two items will you need?

1. A moistened paper towel with SOAP

2. A second moistened paper towel with NO soap for rinsing

4c) after getting your 2 paper towels, what do you clean?

A) computer area

1. Cabinet fronts + handle

2. Countertop + front edge

3. Drawer fronts + handle

B) corner area

4. Counter tops + front edge

5. Operator stool + adjustment pedals

C) patient chair + light

6. Blue vinyl

7. Arm rest

8. Backside + tube

9. ONLY Light arms + handles + control panel

D) operator’s suction area

10. Main bracket tray + control panel

11. Main Attachment + 3 hoses w/ tubing

12. Rear attachment + 4 hoses w/ tubing

6a) after you have finished sanitization, what’s last?

Washing your utility gloves and allow surfaces to dry before disinfection

6b) to begin disinfecting your unit, how many times will you disinfection your unit and what do you grab?

Disinfection 2 times and grab CaviWipes

6c) after getting your caviwipes, what will you disinfect?

A) computer area

1. Cabinet AND drawers HANDLES ONLY

2. Countertop + front edge

3. Signature pad & pen, NO SCREEN

4. Keyboard AND Mouse

B) corner area

5. Countertops + front edge

6. Operator stool ADJUSTMENT LEVERS ONLY

C) patient chair + light

7. Arm rest

8. Backside + tube

9. ONLY Light arms + handles + control panel

10. Rheostat

D) operator’s suction area

11. ENTIRE Main bracket tray

12. ENTIRE Rear arm

6d) after your first disinfect, what is next?

disinfect the same areas, for a SECOND time

6d) after your second disinfect, how will you finish this stage?

Wash utility gloves, do NOT remove yet

after washing and keep your utility gloves on, what’s next?

reposition all equipment back to its original position

what needs to be reposition in the unit? (5 count)

1. patient chair

2. main bracket tray

3. rear arm

4. light

5. rheostat

6) what is the patient chair’s neutral position?

back rest is fully upright AND chair is raised as HIGH as it will go

6b) what is the main bracket’s neutral position?

centered and over the patient’s chair

what is the rear arm’s neutral position?

???????????? positioned on the left side of the patient chair

what is the light’s neutral position?

placed 6 inches above the main bracket tray

what is the rheostat’s neutral position and what do you use to move it?

under the patient’s chair, use a CaviWipe to pick up and move

7) after repositioning, with the utility glove, what do you do now?

turn off the unit

8) after turning off the unit, what’s do you do now?

remove your water jug

after removing your water jug, what’s next?

empty the water jug into the sink

after emptying your water jug, what’s next?

disinfect the water jug with a caviwipe

after disinfecting the water jug, what’s next?

get a napkin and place the jug upside down onto the napkin on the counter

what do you do after storing your water jug?

clean and disinfect the ENTIRE sink area, this includes the sink bowl and faucet

after disinfecting the sink area, what comes after?

while wearing utility gloves, remove trash bag from sink cabinet AND from under countertop

what do you do with the trash bag now?

tie a knot on both bags and place in large garbage

how should you open the large garbage?

using your elbow

11) after taking out the trash, what comes after?

washing your utility gloves

what do you do after washing your utility gloves?

disinfect, remove utility gloves without touching the outside, and hang under the sink

before you open the sink, what do you to open it?

barrier (paper towel)

12) what do you do after hanging your utility gloves?

15 second handwashing

13) what’s after the 15 second handwashing?

turn off keyboard and mouse THEN putting it away

after storing the keyboard and mouse away, what’s next?

insert new trash liners WITHOUT touching the bin itself

15a) what stage comes after lining the trash bins?

Doff PPE

15b) what’s the first step to Doff PPE?

take off your safety glasses and name tag THEN placing them on a napkin

15c) what do you take off after the glasses and name tag?

lab gown, flip it inside out, throw into dirty laundry in storage room

after disposing your lab gown, what’s next?

take off your mask and throw into trashbin

after disposing your mask, what’s next?

take off your scrub cap, flip it inside out, and stuffing into your scrub pocket

what do you do after putting your scrub cap into your pocket?

30 second hand washing

after the 30 second hand washing, what’s left to do?

clean the sink area dry

after cleaning the sink area dry, what’s next?

nothing! leave your unit and go back the locker, congrats! you’ve just finished your End of Day Unit Breakdown!!