XExtension Codes
Dimensions of external causes
Aspects of incidents related to devices
XE4XWContamination or decontamination problem
XE5LKDevice reprocessing problem
XE3MN
category
Failure to clean adequately
Definition Problem associated with the failure of the device or operator to remove any visible soil, foreign material or organism deposits on the external surfaces, crevices, and joints of the device.
Also indexed as
Failure to clean adequately
Nearby in Device reprocessing problem
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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