Ultrasound Probe Disinfection in Emergency Department Dr Genevieve Carbonatto – FACEM, Dip Obs, Dip Paed, CCPU. Emergency Physician and educator in ultrasound courses and workshops targeting Emergency doctors at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Discusses her experience in reprocessing ultrasound probes using High Level Disinfection (HLD) in Emergency Departments BACK TO NEWS • VIEW ALL NEWS ARTICLES
10 Recommendations for Point of Care Ultrasound(POCUS) Probe Disinfection To achieve the full ultrasound benefits in patient care, medical teams need to consider the contamination risk over repeated use of probes as a vector for pathogen transmission. Various global guidelines have been published. But in response to current infectious diseases, specialty medical groups are publishing …
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Prevention of pathogen transmission during Point of Care Ultrasound use Overview Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become a cornerstone in the diagnosis and management of almost all patients admitted to intensive care. It forms part of treatment algorithms of cardiac arrest, PE, vascular device insertion and guides hemodynamic assessment is common clinical syndromes such as sepsis …
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