Hygiene In The Healthcare Sector
A hygienic environment is of paramount importance within any healthcare facility, whether it is a National Hospital Trust, a privately owned nursing/residential home, a doctor's/dentist's surgery or a local clinic.
With the emergence over the last few years in these facilities of new "super-bugs" - such as MRSA and Clostridium Difficile - the number of cases of healthcare associated infections (HAI) is without doubt on the increase:
- The total number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemias in England in April to September 2005 was 3580. The corresponding figure for the same time period in the previous four years was 3616 (2001), 3584 (2002), 3749(2003) and 3525 (2004
- The number of MRSA bacteraemias in the first four complete years of the mandatory recording system were 7247 in 2001/02, 7372 in 2002/03, 7684 in 2003/04 and 7212 in 2004/05.
- The total number of reports of CDAD (Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease) in England between January and December 2004 was 44,488 for 166 Trusts (including four Trusts who had no cases to report). Source: Department of Health
The level of cleanliness required to reduce these HAIs can only be achieved by implementing a rigid hygiene regime utilising competent hygiene products that are tested and proven to be effective against these harmful (and in many cases fatal) infections. If either the regime or the cleaning/disinfectant products are not up to the job then outbreaks of these harmful infections will inevitably occur and escalate.
The eradic8 range of High Level Disinfectant hygiene products provides the solutions! There are no fancy gimmicks or claims with this range of hygiene products - they emphatically meet the requirements of any hygiene standards. eradic8 products:
- Remove soiling, grease & grime.
- Disinfectant all surfaces and work in clean & dirty conditions
- Eliminate full spectrum of contamination from bacteria to spores
- Conform and in many cases exceed the European Standards for Disinfectants
- Once applied, provide round the clock surface protection for many days
- Can reduce the risk of re-contamination of eradic8 treated areas
To enquire about this range of products and how they can improve your facility's hygiene please contact us. You can also on request view any of our technical papers that substantiate our claims.
