UVC: The Right Tool for Cleaning Professionals - May 24, 2016

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 disease. However, in a 2012 environmental services report by UMF Corp states "many hospitals have found housekeeping an easy means of budget cutting, leaving housekeepers to simply dump trash and move on to the next room" and that "environmental services departments are, on average, short by five to nine full-time employees." 

In addition, according to InfectionControl.tips, "the front line-workers charged with this main role remain the lowest paid and least educated worker group in the hospital." Infection control in facilities should be important to every employee, from top executives to front-line workers. By giving healthcare environmental service workers the proper education, tools, and resources on prevention and transmission of disease they will have the best practices to keep patients safe. 

UVC Cleaning Systems provides the proper, and effective tools for environmental service workers to help aid in infection control. We have insured that our devices are extremely easy to use and are an extra layer of infection prevention.  Our products are no-touch and easy to use, which allows for simple operations that minimize confusion and ensures a safe, fast, and effective UVC treatment to protect your patients and healthcare workers. 

Equipping the EVS toolbox September 16, 2016

In the past decade, the number of multi-drug resistant pathogens have increased, yet many environmental service professionals methods of cleaning have remained stagnant. EVS professionals are well aware of the risk of

How to save 37,000 lives over five years.

The White House has backed a plan to fight superbugs — via the tracking of infections, faster tests and new drugs — and has asked Congress for $1.2 billion over five years to implement the program. If successful, the CDCs efforts...

Back to School: Outbreaks! August 19, 2016

As students and staff head into back to school season, it’s not just the curriculum that’s on their mind. In the past year, it seems like the number of outbreaks has increased greatly, especially those linked to Norovirus and other dangerous pathogens.

Medicare's Readmission Penalties Hit New High

Medicare measures the readmission rates of seven conditions: heart attacks, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic lung disease, hip and knee replacements and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Fines are determined by comparing current rates to...

Readmission Penalties Approaching for Skilled Nursing Facilities - August 5, 2016

One of the most challenging transitions a patient will face is being discharged from the hospital and going to a skilled nursing facility. One fifth of the patients discharged from acute care hospitals are sent to one of the nations 15,000 skilled nursing facilities. According to a new report, skilled nursing facilities will need to address the “Protecting Access to Medicare Act” that starts to take effect in 2018.

MRSA: The Fight Continues

The largest epidemic going on inside hospitals and other health care facilities is controlling the infection MRSA. The staph bug causing these infections resists treatment and because it attacks so many people with weakened immune systems, hospital-acquired MRSA accounts for the vast majority of fatal MRSA infections.

Norovirus strikes at the RNC in Cleveland OH

The Ohio department of health was notified on Monday 7/18/16 about the outbreak of Norovirus among staffers at the Republican National Convention. All of those affected are staying at the Kalahari resort in Sandusky, Oh, about 60 miles away from...
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