Improving environmental cleaning outcomes

A facility can leverage disinfection advancements to improve infection prevention while reducing costs


Disinfection of surfaces is a vital part of any facility’s infection prevention and control program. Choosing the right disinfectant can have an impact on patient safety and program costs, according to an article on the FacilityCare website.

Recent breakthroughs in the development of disinfectants have created new opportunities for facilities to achieve better outcomes, including greater hospital-acquired-infection reduction, less injury resulting from disinfectant use and cost savings, the article said.

A facility can leverage these advancements by:

• Choosing an EPA-registered disinfectant with the best germicidal efficacy profile

• Choosing a disinfectant with the easiest-to-achieve protocol

• Using a disinfectant that kills norovirus

• Using a disinfectant that is nontoxic

Even the most modest improvements in disinfectant effectiveness, contact time and the level of disinfectant toxicity can have an impact on the costs associated with an infection prevention and control program, the article said. 

Read the article.

 

 

 



April 2, 2014


Topic Area: Maintenance and Operations


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