capacitance with a high capacitance per unit volume, such as microprocessor decoupling in a cell phone or other hand held device, is generally suited to a Class 2 or Class 3 dielectric, while an application requiring excellent temperature stability or
BY policy at my facility: Food and Drinks are not allowed in clinical (by definition an area where patients are cared for) or patient care areas. The Nurses Station is not where I provide care for or treat my patients and I bag their body fluids in the room, not where I eat or drink.Lab bags in the Room...OH MY...What a thought.... A: The Joint Commission standards do not specifically address this issue.he Nurses Station is not where I provide care for or treat my patients and I bag their body fluids in the room, not where I eat or drink. Lab bags in the Room...OH MY...What a thought.... A: The Joint Commission standards do not specifically address this issue.
It may be that the practice at the other hospital was to have clean and contaminated areas in close proximity--close enough to draw the concern of the surveyor. Then, in the absence of a risk assessment that identifies food and beverages in the nursing station as an allowable condition, comes the citation.The key piece of the risk assessment is the determination of whether blood or other potentially infectious materials are present.sk The Expert, November 15, 2006. The bloodborne pathogens standard does not prohibit drinks on countertops unilaterally, but only in those places were there is a risk of exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.