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Care and Cleaning
Standard Precautions
The following are the KCI recommended daily and weekly cleaning and infection control procedures
for the ACTIV.A.C.
TM
Therapy Unit.
Always follow Standard Precautions.
Standard Precautions are designed to reduce the risk of transmission of
microorganisms from both known and unknown sources of infection. These
precautions can be applied to all patients, regardless of their diagnosis or
presumed infection status, and should be used when contact is anticipated with
blood and all body fluids. This also includes secretions and excretions (except
sweat) regardless of whether blood is visible or not, non-intact skin (i.e., open
wounds) and mucous membranes.
Waste Disposal
Discard all disposable items (all tubing, connectors, clamps, used canister, used
dressings, etc.) in accordance with local medical waste disposal regulations.
Improper disposal may run the risk of regulatory non-compliance.
Cleaning the ACTIV.A.C.
TM
Therapy Unit
Cleaning and disinfection of the ACTIV.A.C.
TM
Therapy Unit includes wipedown
of all hard surface components. Follow your institutional procedures used for
cleaning and disinfection of other hard surface durable electronic medical
equipment. The ACTIV.A.C.
TM
Therapy Unit must be cleaned and disinfected:
• If it becomes soiled during patient use.
• At least weekly.
Ensure that the ACTIV.A.C.
TM
Therapy Unit and its power supply
are not connected to AC power when using cleaning fluids of any
nature.
KCI recommends the following regarding cleaning and disinfecting KCI V.A.C.®
Therapy devices:
• To help reduce risk of infection and contact with blood and body fluids,
use personal protective equipment (PPE) such as medical procedure
gloves.
• Clean all organic material (visible soil or body secretions) from the
therapy unit prior to disinfection.
• Use hospital-grade cleaners and disinfectants.
• Do not immerse or saturate the therapy unit with fluids to avoid damage
to the electronics in the device.
• Do not use alcohol based solutions around the touch screen edges or
near gasket and power switches since alcohol based solutions will easily
wick up into the screen and may cause equipment malfunction.
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