FMMC 10-20 – CLEANING THE TRANSLOGIC TUBE SYSTEM AFTER A SPILL

Revised: August 24,2012
Reviewed: December 2013

Equipment Required*

·    Rubber Gloves

·    Full Face Mask

·    Translogic Cleaning Bottle

·    Bleach Solution

·    Rags

* Equipment Located in H-43 in a marked cabinet

If during the transfer of a carrier there is a spill outside of the carrier hospital staff are to call PPDMC Dispatch at 3-6281.

PROCEDURES

Caution: Do not handle contaminated tube without personal protection equipment.

Zone 1

1. Dispatch is to immediately shut down the system per manufacturer’s recommendations which shows message indicating to users that the system is down.
2. Dispatch creates repair work order that is assigned by and paged out to the appropriate mechanic’s by PPDMC Operation Center
3. Mechanics are to note the transactions on the screen and locate the tube in which the spill occurred and station one mechanic at each station
4. The mechanic then brings the system back online picking “purge system” among the four choices.
5. Mechanic then picks “Abort Purge” that allows the urgent off to be canceled but allows the blue maintenance button to be used.
6. At stations that need to be cleaned mechanic should:
   
   1. Admin function code 1234
   2. Find stat transaction item 14
   3. Use 777 as code to access
   4. Quickly enter destination station
   5. Repeat as necessary to all affected stations
   6. Run the ‘cleaning carrier’ with Dispatch inside through the affected tube(s) 1 time – through and back to original station 1 time.
7. Turn off  the maintenance mode at the computer by using the “off” button
8. Purge the system if needed carriers are still present because of the urgent off stopping of the system
9. Mechanic to bring the system back up per manufacturer’s recommendations and a message with show on all stations that the system is back in service.
10. Hospital staff is responsible for the cleaning of the tubes and the tube stations.