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Improving accuracy and efficiency in healthcare
Sychem highlights how innovative digital solutions from global partners Terragene are paving the way for a new era of improved accuracy, efficiency and traceability within decontamination services and sterile services units in the UK.
An innovative autoclave testing solution is successfully increasing efficiency for healthcare Trusts – streamlining analysis of decontamination processes, while ensuring the highest standards of patient safety and traceability at all times. Implemented for a state-of-the-art decontamination centre by Sychem, the solution was developed by Terragene, a leading provider of infection prevention and control solutions. Terragene has been disrupting the healthcare sector in the UK, since 2006, identifying outdated technology and bringing a variety of innovative products to market. The company’s portfolio spans a variety of technologies, including: l Biological indicators l Chemical indicators l Cleaning control l Auto-readers l Process challenge devices l Hygiene monitoring l Traceability solutions (Trazanto & Bionova)
Improving accuracy and efficiency with Trazanto Terragene’s simple and accurate analysis device for chemical and washing indicators is designed to provide clear results with precision that goes beyond human capabilities. Trazanto harnesses an artificial intelligence (AI) based system for quality and traceability control of washing, disinfection, and sterilisation processes. Together with Bionova Cloud, this enables the streamlining of internal processes and optimisation of central sterile services departments workflow. Trazanto now allows the automatic incorporation of chemical indicators and washing indicators in the same traceability system where the rest of the Terragene monitoring indicators are automatically managed and analysed. Thus, Trazanto allows sterile services technicians and managers alike to collect and digitally store all data together in the same platform, from Bionova® biological indicators, Chemdye®
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Case study Royal Free London Decontamination Services provides decontamination and sterilisation services for reusable medical devices and flexible endoscopes to all Royal Free London NHS sites, other NHS healthcare providers and private healthcare organisations. Opened in June 2019, the decontamination service at Chalkmill Drive is the largest capacity decontamination unit in the NHS and operates a 24-hour, 7 days-a-week service, with over 100 members of staff. At the start of 2021, the Royal Free
London NHS Foundation Trust trialled Trazanto alongside their old process for two months before switching entirely to Trazanto in March 2021. The Trust’s decontamination quality manager, David Dodd, explained
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