T/CARDTCM 009-2022 Chinese minimally invasive hook needle (hook therapy) technique: Infection prevention and control guidelines

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Main technical content: 1. Technical scope: Clarifies the infection prevention and control measures for hook-activating techniques and hook-activating bone decompression techniques covered by the guidelines. 2. Management requirements: Outlines the management requirements for medical institutions, infection control personnel, and operating staff. Medical institutions must monitor the implementation of infection prevention and control measures related to hook-activating techniques and improve them annually based on the requirements of annual training. This will effectively reduce infection rates. 3. Environment requirements for hook-activating techniques: Specifies that the environment for hook-activating techniques should ideally be an operating room, or a separate treatment room with clear zone divisions. 4. Air ventilation and disinfection: Prioritizes the use of air disinfection devices for air disinfection. 5. Surface cleaning and disinfection: States that when contamination occurs from blood, bodily fluids, excrement, or secretions, first remove them with absorbent materials, then wipe the surface with a chlorine-containing disinfectant solution at a concentration of 400 mg/L to 700 mg/L for 30 minutes, and finally clean and disinfect the area. 6. Linen and disinfection: Specifies the replacement, cleaning, and disinfection of patient-contact items such as bedsheets, bedspreads, and pillows, as well as indirect contact items like mattresses and pillows. 7. Hand hygiene facilities: Requires the use of non-contact hand hygiene facilities. 8. Sterile operating requirements: Specifies requirements for the use of disposable hook-activating needles, the timing of medical staff donning sterile surgical gowns, and the method of skin disinfection. 9. Use and disposal of disposable hook-activating items: Outlines principles for their use and disposal. 10. Prevention and handling of occupational exposures: Medical staff should take precautions against

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