Environmental services teams use a variety of methods to clean and disinfect hospitals — a process that has become even more essential during the COVID-19 pandemic. But choosing the most effective process can be difficult. Workers can spray disinfectants surfaces to kill or inactivate harmful microorganisms, but wiping the surface is an important part of controlling contamination on a hard surface.

A case study conducted by Parkland Health and Hospital System in partnership with healthcare support services provider Crothall Healthcare sought to develop and implement a disinfection protocol that would improve its hospital safety scores, according to Health Europa. It was important to incorporate a daily system that would be simple enough for staff to consistently execute while reducing expenses on cleaning and disinfection tools and equipment.

After evaluatingParkland’s disinfecting products and methods, Crothall implemented disposable Oxivir Tb Wipes in patient rooms at the end of 2015. Incorporating the sustainable hospital disinfectant has resulted in improvements in productivity, lowered costs and increased procedure compliance.

Since the implementation of a new program, Parkland has seen positive results, including cleaning time decreased by 12 minutes for discharges and 20 percent for daily cleaning. ATP testing showed improvement on high-touch cleaning by approximately 50 percent.

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