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Effective Donations and Equipment Management
Pass It On Center AFP and AT Reuse Acquisition Conference August 31, 2015
Presented by Chris Brand
President/CEO
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children
FODAC is a 501c3 and has provided equipment to 49 states and 68 countries since 1986.
Home Medical Equipment (HME)- wheelchairs and mobility aids
Home Modifications– home access ramps, bathroom modifications
ReMount – wheelchair and scooter lifts installed for vehicles
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children
www.fodac.org
Other Services
Equipment repair program
Medical supplies and diapers
Assistive technology and independent living aids
National Disaster Relief
Hundreds of thousands of items shipped internationally
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children
www.fodac.org
Methods and Outcomes
30 Collection sites around Georgia, and S. Carolina
Warehoused, sorted, repaired
Cleaned and matched to client
Over 2,000 clients served each year with over 5,000 items
Over 200 tons kept out of the landfill
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children
www.fodac.org
Overview:
Managing Donations
Organization
Inventory Tracking
Sanitization
Evaluation for ReUse/Repair/Disposal
Getting Started - Identify Best Practice:
Doing no harm in collecting, repairing, cleaning, and matching used equipment to those in need.
Review liabilities, waivers, and safety concerns for facility, staff and clients.
Getting Started - Identify Manpower, Transportation, and Space including Donations Partnerships with:Goodwill, Salvation Army, Easter
Seals, Rotary, Kiwanis, American Legion, Masons, HME vendors/manufacturers, AAA, Senior service agencies/companies, Assisted Living, Volunteer groups, ILC’s, PT/OT students, Red Cross, Hospitals, Free clinics, Rehab centers, Home Care companies, Disability groups, Hospice/Assisted Living Associations, Houses of worship, United Way
Think Outside the Box.
Managing Donations:
Market to donation sources
Offer pickups and scheduler to coordinate
Must be quick to schedule pickups and need to accept *everything to maintain relationship
Create Drop-off sites
JCAHO: Home Care-Equipment Management
The [organization] receives and stores medical equipment and supplies at its site(s).
The organization designates clearly identified, separate areas for storing each of the following types of equipment:
- Obsolete equipment - Equipment requiring maintenance
or repair - Dirty equipment - Clean equipment - Patient-ready equipment
Organization/Evaluation/Triage:
Establish system to fast-track best HME to be sanitized and separated/covered
Take best HME to be inspected/barcoded/sanitized again/distributed
Dedicate spaces for clean/dirty
Organization/Evaluation/Triage:
Dirty Equipment:1.Dirty equipment is defined as equipment that has been used by a client. Gloves are to be worn at all times of handling equipment.
2 An area in the warehouse is designated for all clean equipment. Eating and drinking are prohibited in the dirty area. Dirty equipment is identified as unbagged while cleaned equipment is bagged.
3.Equipment is disassembled to the level that is appropriate and filters are cleaned/replaced.
4. Equipment is cleaned/disinfected using the appropriate cleaning agent. Allow appropriate contact of the disinfectant with the equipment surface as prescribed by the manufacturer.
5.Preventive maintenance is performed according to manufacturer’s guidelines.
6.Transfer equipment to the clean/repair area:
Visual inspection, electrical inspection, and testing are completed as specific to the type of equipment.
If it does not function properly, it is either repaired immediately or removed back to the warehouse to scrap metal.
If it passes the “check” process, it is either bagged and tagged with a client ready tag for delivery or moved to the clean distribution area for client pickup.
End of Life Recycling:
Remove and test high demand items needed for repairs
Discard excessively used or broken items and recycle metal/batteries.
Rotate/Recycle “parts” equipment on a timed or space restriction basis
JCAHO: Home Care-Infection Prevention and ControlThe [organization] plans for
preventing and controlling infections.
1. When developing infection prevention and control activities, the organization uses evidence-based national guidelines or, in the absence of such guidelines, expert consensus, or, in the absence of both, a review and evaluation of the health care literature.
Evidence Based:
Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008 (CDC)
Types of devices
Identify cleaners and methods
Create work area
Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008 (CDC)Non-critical items
Definitions:Clean-detergents and water
Disinfection-wiping with chlorine and disinfectants
Sanitization-steam sterilization
Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008 (CDC)Keep in mind:
◦ contact times of disinfectants
◦ cleaning materials, washers, rags, etc.
◦ Policies and procedures for cleaning and disinfecting that will be used by staff; specifying required training; a safety policy regarding attire and use of accessories in work area
Cleaning Electrical DME
Electric Wheelchairs and Hospital beds:
Vacuum or blow with compressed air
Clean with detergent product by hand
Spray and wipe with cleaning disinfectant
Steam sterilization (optional)Cover or move to cleaned area
Cleaning Non-electrical DME
Manual Wheelchairs and larger items:
Clean with detergent product by wiping, brushing and pressure washing, or Hubscrub
Spray and wipe with cleaning disinfectant
Steam sterilization (optional)Cover or move to cleaned area
Cleaning Non-electrical DME
Hand held and smaller AT items:
Steam sterilization preferred
Spray and wipe with cleaning disinfectant
Cover or move to cleaned area
Follow Recommendations
Manufacturers
DMETrain.com
Accreditation Standards
Consultants
PIOC.org
Questions?
Chris BrandPresident/CEO
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children770 491-9014 ext. 111
866 977-1204http://www.fodac.org/video/premier-cares-video/
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