Covid cleaning post rest time

[Michael Wishart]

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Reviewing our covid set up for theatre and if there needs to be a rest time post cleaning.
Originally I believe the theatre was to be rested for 1 hour ?
Looking for current literature and on what evidence it was changed.

Thanks in advance Tracey

Tracey Jones
CNC Operating theatre
The Townsville University Hospital.

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[Anonymous]

Hi Tracey,

The resting time for the OR is based on the number of air exchanges according to the following table B.1 derived from the CDC and referenced in several state based guidance documents. Link to page here https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/environmental/appendix/air.html

In essence a 99% removal efficiency is achieved in an OR with 20 air changes per hour in 14 minutes or 99.9% removal efficiency in 21 minutes.

Kind Regards
Terry McAuley
Director
MSc Medical Device Decontamination

PO BOX 2249, Greenvale, VIC Australia 3059

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[Posted on behalf of member – Moderator]

Reviewing our covid set up for theatre and if there needs to be a rest time post cleaning.
Originally I believe the theatre was to be rested for 1 hour ?
Looking for current literature and on what evidence it was changed.

Thanks in advance Tracey

Tracey Jones
CNC Operating theatre
The Townsville University Hospital.

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