Joint Commission & Cleaning

[Guest guest]

Last week we had our Joint Commission survey and a question that came up was how

often is the equipment cleaned? I responded that it is cleaned after each

patient use. The follow up question was then, how do you know it has been

cleaned?/How does a patient know it has been cleaned?

I honestly did not have a good answer for that. For things that need to be " put

away " , such as weights or smaller pieces of equipment, they get cleaned before

being put away.

For things such as the parallel bars, treadmills, bikes and other large pieces

of equipment that don't get " put away " how do other facilities indicate that it

has in fact been cleaned?

Should everything be cleaned in the presence of the patient before it is used?

I can't imagine somehow " labeling " every piece of equipment once it is cleaned.

I welcome any suggestions the group may have for addressing this issue.

Thank You!