SURGICAL/CRITICAL CARE
GRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION Evidence-based room decontamination
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leaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces is fundamental to reduce potential contribution to health- care-associated infections,” states the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency goes onto add, “No single ‘blueprint’ exists for the best cleaning and disinfection method,”1 for our facility?”
leaving hospitals to ask, “what is best Here’s a look at some of the products and solutions available
today to clean and decontaminate hospital rooms, information on their effectiveness, effi ciency and safety, and comments from their manufacturers on what improvements may be needed in the future.
The battle against COVID, HAIs and emerging threats As the old adage goes, “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.” Health systems and hospi- tals today are battling a broad range of well-known healthcare acquired infections (HAIs), the near endemic SARs-CoV-2, and emerging threats such as Monkeypox. Because nobody can predict what’s next around the corner, room decontamination that targets a
broad range of dangerous microbes is top of mind for infec- tion prevention.
Hands-free decontamination reaches high touch points “Hospital rooms and surgical suites require high-level disinfec- tion to minimize microbial contamination and protect patients against pervasive pathogens such as Candida auris and C. diff,” said Jeff Woodson, Product Manager, CURIS System. “Traditional manual cleaning often misses high touch point areas that can lead to dangerous HAIs or leave behind chemical residues that create a sticky environment for pathogens to cling to and grow.”
CURIS 3 Hybrid
Hydrogen Peroxide (HHP) fogging system
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The CURIS 3 Hybrid Hydrogen Peroxide (HHP) fogging system helps eliminate these risks by providing hands- free automated disinfection through a powerful combination of vapor and micro-aerosolized hydrogen per- oxide. It targets pathogens any- where air touches, leaving behind no sticky or corrosive residues
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