In the United States, hospitals are in the business of providing healthcare to over 35 million inpatients and performing over 51 million procedures annually. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 5-10% of patients get a...
"[Infection} can start in the hospital. It can start in the nursing home. It can start at home." The annual reported number of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) in hospitals are documented primarily from acute and...
72 million Americans live in rural areas, and yet there are only 2,000 rural community hospitals in the United States. These facilities face the challenges of remote location, small size, limited staffing, and limited financial resources. Rural hospitals are vital to American health care and should be a significant source of concern to enforce patient safety.
“In the 1970s and 1980s the transmission of pathogens from healthcare surfaces to susceptible patients was thought to be insignificant” (CDC). However more recent studies show surfaces in patient’s rooms play a pivotal role in the...
UVC Cleaning Systems Inc is partnering up with Hospital Safety Solutions to attend the APIC 2016 Annual Conference. The conference featuring the latest breakthroughs and best practices in infection prevention will be held in Charlotte,...
For the first time in the United States, researchers at the Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) found a person carrying bacteria that is resistant to the...
Next week, Monday May 30th through Wednesday June 1st, our distributor Cytomed will be showing UVC Cleaning Systems devices at the upcoming Building Healthcare Middle East Exhibition and Conferences in Dubai. The event is the...
In an ongoing investigation last year more than 7,300 patients at a San Diego-area hospital may have been exposed to contaminated medications. Although many believe healthcare associated infections only come from hospitals, the...
Each year healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) affect thousands of lives and cost healthcare systems billions of dollars. Proper cleaning and disinfection in healthcare environments are the key component in preventing the spread of infection and...
