Patients with infectious diseases
Chris Horton
Description
Collection
Title:
Patients with infectious diseases
Creator:
Chris Horton
Date:
3/11/2008
Text:
Dear List,
We had this come up recently and were wondering how other facilities handle this? How do you handle measuring and fitting patients in the hospital with infectious diseases? We recently saw a patient that was in isolation for a clam shell TLSO. The hospital wanted every tool used to be disposed of or sent to be sterilized. As you know our grinders, etc can not be thrown away, nor sterilized so how do you handle adjustments? Do you just not do them? Do you remake the brace? Do you sterilize the brace somehow before leaving the hospital and grinding it in your lab? The hospital was insistent that everything had to be sterilized in a machine not with just rubbing alcohol or wipes. Any insight that you can give would be appreciated.
I will post responses if requested.
Thanks,
Chris Horton, LPO
Horton's Orthotic Lab, Inc
Horton Technology Inc.
We had this come up recently and were wondering how other facilities handle this? How do you handle measuring and fitting patients in the hospital with infectious diseases? We recently saw a patient that was in isolation for a clam shell TLSO. The hospital wanted every tool used to be disposed of or sent to be sterilized. As you know our grinders, etc can not be thrown away, nor sterilized so how do you handle adjustments? Do you just not do them? Do you remake the brace? Do you sterilize the brace somehow before leaving the hospital and grinding it in your lab? The hospital was insistent that everything had to be sterilized in a machine not with just rubbing alcohol or wipes. Any insight that you can give would be appreciated.
I will post responses if requested.
Thanks,
Chris Horton, LPO
Horton's Orthotic Lab, Inc
Horton Technology Inc.
Citation
Chris Horton, “Patients with infectious diseases,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/229135.
