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Team working and expertise prove vital in AE(D) role

Graham Stanton IEng, FIHEEM, AE(D), discusses the diversity and knowledge of AE(D)s as a group, and the stringent registration process to ensure that those operating in the healthcare sector have the necessary competences, skills, and expertise.

Graham Stanton IEng, FIHEEM, AE(D), who gave 42 years’ service to the NHS in Wales, spending the last 33 years in the sterilising and decontamination field, discusses the diversity and knowledge of AE(D)s as a group, and the registration process to sustain this key role, and, in the process, to ensure that those operating as IHEEM-registered AE(D)s in the healthcare sector have the necessary competences, skills, and expertise.

In previous articles published in Health Estate Journal (March 2019, and January 2017), I have explained the role of an Authorising Engineer (Decontamination), examined the background to the role being established, and discussed the associated responsibilities. In this article, I want to talk about the diversity and knowledge of AE(D)s as a group, and the registration process to sustain this position.

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