Bacterial meningitis contracted at Life Time Fitness Day Camp
A recent outbreak of bacterial meningitis recently occurred at the Life Time Fitness Day Camp in Rochester Hills, MI between July 1 and July 11, 2016 with 219 children ages 5-12 being exposed (Steckroth, 2016). Bacterial meningitis is an...
How are hospitals monitoring the effects of their cleaning practices?
Searching for the root cause of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) is an ongoing and never ending activity. The truth is that there is very little clinical data existing proving the efficacy of cleaning practices. Among the 80 published studies...
Root Cause of UVC Odor - July 5, 2016
UVC devices have been used for successful disinfection of air and surfaces in multiple industries, more specifically the healthcare industry. However, with the use of these devices it has been often noticed that there is a residual odor after...
People are the most value part of the equation
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...
HCAI's: A Silent Killer - June 17, 2016
"[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...
"The Opportunities and Challenges for Rural Health in an Era of Health Reform" - June 15, 2016
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.
Environmental Surfaces and Disease Transmission - June 9, 2016
“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 to Exhibit at APIC 2016 Annual Conference - June 8, 2016
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,...
Dreaded Superbug Reaches the U.S. - May 31, 2016
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...
UVC Cleaning Systems Attends Conference in Dubai - May 27, 2016
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...