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stick to surfaces and consistently coat all surfaces for comprehensive coverage.” Implementing an environment-friendly disinfection system has resulted in kill- ing pathogens quickly, preparing rooms faster and enhancing patient and staff safety and satisfaction, shares Liz Shelton, Administrative Director, Hospital Opera- tions, CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System.


“We had R-Water’s disinfecting system as a pilot initially in 2018, to help speed up the disinfection process for rooms after treating patients for C. diff,” Shelton said. “We also wanted to decrease our turn- around time in our Operating Rooms. This system helps us achieve our goal to ensure we are keeping our nurses and patients safe while killing all harmful organisms.” “We received our second machine in mid- to late-March, when COVID was first impacting Texas,” she contin- ued. “These two systems helped us ensure an adequate supply of disinfec- tant for our ORs,


R-Water disinfecting system ProtexDiagnostic_AD-42-2_REV_2 Half Page Healthcare Purchasing News-Sept Issue 8-12-20.pdf 1 8/12/20 2:53 PM hospital and clinics. Because the system


produces disinfectant on-site, we’re able to reuse supplies and reduce waste. Plus, because it (R-Water’s disinfecting solution) is not toxic, it can be disposed of more easily. We just deployed R-Water in our clinics. The nurses love it and feel safe. We signifi cantly decreased our cleaning times by using R-Water, and that allows us to spend more time treating patients.” Protection of mattresses, where patients spend most of their time, requires a special- ized barrier that can help shield patients from infection risk, expresses Bruce Rippe, CEO, Trinity Guardion, LLC. “Some hospitals are using more rigorous techniques particularly after COVID-19 discharges, such as more frequent clean- ing of patient rooms and use of stronger disinfectants during terminal cleaning,” Rippe noted. “Stronger disinfectants can damage mattress skins and mattress cores – and damaged mattresses increase the infection risk for patients. That’s why ECRI sounded the alarm on mattress con- tamination, citing it as a top health hazard in 2018 and 2019.” “Trinitys product is designed specifi - cally for the healthcare mattresses of today, which have changed from vinyl (hard / non-porous surface) to polyurethane (soft /porous surface),” he added. “Our launderable bed barriers meet and surpass


Soteria Bed Barrier from Trinity Guardion


the required disinfection guidelines. We leverage a high-heat laundry process. As a result, beds and mattresses are cleaner when compared to more traditional dis- infection methods – and the risk of cross- contamination is eliminated.” HPN


References:


1. As Services Resume, Our Hospitals Remain Safe: A Message from Cleveland Clinic CEO, President Tom Mihaljevic, M.D., https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2020/05/04/as-services- resume-our-hospitals-remain-safe/


2. COVID-19: American College of Surgeons releases new guidance document to help health care facilities best prepare for resuming elective surgery, https://www.facs.org/media/ press-releases/2020/resuming-surgery-041720


3. Management of Visitors to Healthcare Facilities in the Context of COVID-19: Non-US Healthcare Settings, https://www.cdc.gov/ coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/non-us-settings/hcf-visitors.html


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