Removing Items from Isolation Room

Equipment
- Large red isolation bags
- Specimen container
- Plastic bag with biohazard level
- Laundry bag
- Red plastic container in room
- Cleaning articles

Procedure
1. Place laboratory specimen in plastic bag. Afix biohazard label to plastic bag.

2. Dispose of all sharps in appropriate red plastic container in room.

3. Place all linen in linen bag

4. Place reusable equipment such as procedure trays in plastic bags.

5. Dispose of all garbage in plastic bags

6. Double bag all material from isolation room. Follow procedure for utilizing double-bagging for isolation. All materials removed from an isolation room is potentially contaminate. This will prevent spread of micro organisms.

7. Replace all bags, such as linen bag and garbage, in appropriate container in room.

8. Make client’s room clean as necessary, using germicidal solution.

9. Leave the client’s room today