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INFECTION PREVENTION
patient areas — we're stepping up our cleaning of counters, nurses stations and keyboards. Phones in particular are getting special attention.
In the lobby, tables and doorknobs (especially on the restroom doors)
aren't waiting until the end of the day to get wiped down. Finally, the
front office is now cleaning binders containing medical records daily.
Patient files go through a lot of hands on a daily basis, and it's not timeconsuming to sweep a sanitizing wipe over them. OSM
Ms. Robinson (regina.robinson@rivhs.com) is the director of Peninsula
Surgery Center in Newport News, Va.
