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Emergency Department and Pre-OP areas needed to order critical patient cables, but there was a three-week lead time with their usual vendor. By leveraging our command center, PartsSource can proac- tively isolate slowdowns in the supply chain and was able to have critical patient monitoring cables onsite within two to three days.”
Hygiene, cleaning protocols
“As a result of COVID-19, hand hygiene has been an increasingly prominent part of hygiene plans and the overall hygiene conver- sation, in and outside of hospital settings,” said Deborah Chung, Healthcare Segment Marketing Manager, Tork North America. “Online training, such as the Tork VR Clean Hands Training, which is also available in a desktop format, enables EVS staff to train remotely in an engaging format and reduces the risk of introducing outside contaminants into operating rooms during these training sessions.”
Additionally, according to a Tork press release, “The training is based on the Association for the Health Care Environment’s (AHE) Practice Guidance for Health Care Environmental Cleaning…The training is available in more than 20 languages such as English, Spanish, Arabic, and Somali…Accompanying the Tork Interactive Clean Hospital Training is the ‘Train-the-Trainer’ presentation, a tool developed to help EVS leaders in training their teams.”5 Chung added, “Operating rooms and critical care environments demand an exceptional level of sterilization and cleanliness to pre- vent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). To build out operating room surface cleaning protocols alongside educational trainings, operating room managers must also invest in surface cleaning products, such as the newly expanded range of Tork icrofiber Surface Cleaning Cloths, for their EVS teams, so that they can get the job done well and in a timely manner.”
Tork Microfiber Surface Cleaning Cloths and Interactive Clean Hospital Training
support and shows promise as more procedures are successfully performed. Remote patient monitoring will provide a solution for patients in the hospital and at home. It seems as if more countries are now ready to implement the idea of a hospital-at-home model, and with current available technologies – this concept is ready to be fully implemented.”
Arik Eisenkraft, Biobeat Technologies Ltd.
“Fighting the virus has only strengthened clinical focus on infection prevention. Going forward, medical devices that demonstrably deliver advantages toward those efforts will gain increased clini- cal adoption.”
Patrick Kammer, C Change Surgical
“We are hearing that the trend towards a reliance on disposables is reversing back to reusable products. The cost savings is dramatic, the quality and performance exceed disposable options and the facility is insulated from supply chain disruptions. All of this and the added benefit of being environmentally responsible is what is driving many facilities to shift back to reusable products where they make sense.”
Christian Berling, HEINE USA Ltd.
“COVID-19 has accelerated existing trends within healthcare technology management. In the short term, we expect hospitals to develop a more robust continuity plan and look more closely at their equipment lifecycle needs. We see them working with their vendors to take a quantitative look at their supply chain for not only equipment and parts, but service, accessories, supplies and preventative maintenance kits. As hospitals transition to a recovery phase, we expect to see further adoption of digital marketplaces and managed services platforms to increase supply chain reli- ability, increase technician productivity and decrease HTM/CE department costs. We also expect increased demand for additional on-site maintenance services that expand the HTM department’s capacity to tend to mission-critical equipment through in-house maintenance and specialized service partnerships.” Mara Pare, PartsSource
Advancing tools, practices What is on the horizon to cultivate efficient, effective and safe O, surgical and critical care post-COVID-19?
“I think that the COVID-19 pandemic will shift the model of care provided. I think we will continue to utilize telehealth as much as possible. We will continue our current COVID-19 infection control protocols moving forward as it is now our ‘new normal.’” Tricia Coyle, Gentherm
“The next couple of years, we still will probably be under the influ- ence of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, systems will have to learn how to live and work side by side with the pandemic. This includes keeping strict infection control measures, encouraging the comple- tion of the vaccination campaign and, as soon as possible, investing in tools and technologies that will provide solutions to cope with the pandemic. Remote precision-robotic surgery seems to gain
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“Hospitals and healthcare facilities will continue to see increased implementation of technology to streamline communication, employee needs and training to better establish consistent hygiene and surface cleaning protocols. Interactive training helps staff stay up to date with evolving hygiene best practices based on the current environment and ensures a uniform message is being delivered across the organization, so that EVS teams can meet the facility’s hygiene requirements. With a technology-driven approach, it’s easier to refresh training materials, strategies and tactics on a facility-wide basis and adapt to new and emerging methods of hygiene, such as surface cleaning. By investing in the right tools for EVS staff, it’s possible to provide a safe, supportive and hygienic environment for front-line staff and patients.” Deborah Chung, Tork North America HPN
References
1. Perspective: Did National Health Spending Decline in 2020 for the First Year in Recorded History? Preliminary Data Say it Did, FEBRUARY 16, 2021, George Miller, Corwin (Corey) Rhyan Ani Turner,
https://altarum.org/news/did-national-health-spending-2020-decline-first-year-recorded-history-prelim- inary-data-say-it
2. In 2020, 208 Hospital Units Receive Beacon Awards,
https://www.aacn.org/newsroom/in- 2020-208-hospital-units-receive-beacon-awards
3.
https://www.aha.org/system/files/media/file/2021/02/aha-expresses-support-temporary- reciprocity-to-ensure-access-treatment-act--letter-2-19-21.pdf
4. Hershey Medical Center second in the nation to implant next generation heart device, February 22, 2021, Penn State Health News,
https://pennstatehealthnews.org/2021/02/hershey-medical-center- second-in-the-nation-to-implant-next-generation-heart-device/
5. Tork Introduces Interactive Clean Hospital Training and New Surface Cleaning Solutions, 02/25/2021,
https://www.torkusa.com/about/pressroom/
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