Hospitals are seeing the benefits of using the SystemSURE Plus ATP system to monitor and verify cleaning – in areas ranging from Sterile Services departments to endoscopy units, theatres, wards, cleanrooms, and catering areas.
So says Hygiena International, which says implementing a hygiene monitoring programme using the technology – ‘widely accepted and recommended by regulatory agencies around the world’, has ‘increased productivity and resulted in reduced risks, infection rates, and costs’.
The company said: “The technology provides an instant, objective, numerical measurement that can be used by anyone, anytime, and in any place. The system has become part of the daily routine practiced by hospitals, and provides evidence of due diligence.
Results have reportedly shown a >20% improvement in pass rates, and ‘a large reduction in fail scores to fewer than 5%’, with a corresponding 35% fall in C. difficile cases, and a 39% reduction in infections per 10,000 occupied bed days.
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