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Hospitals have large amounts of medical technical and other larger and smaller technical equipment that need routines for cleaning, maintenance and repair. The technical devices may be used in patient rooms, operation departments, laboratories, examination rooms, intensive units, etc. and may be shared by many users and moved between departments and rooms. Microbes usually follow these devices if no hygienic measures are used. Large systems for water and drainage, ventilation, air pressure conditions and heating should be cleaned, maintained, repaired and treated so that patients, personnel, visitors or the environment is not exposed to infection.
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Andersen, B.M. (2019). Technical and Medical Technical Equipment. In: Prevention and Control of Infections in Hospitals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99921-0_72
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