Source: Halosil International internal evaluation
With the ever increasing mobility of the patient population, aggressive disinfection programs for hospital and other medical transport vehicles are a big part of the equation in controlling hospital and community based infections. Manual cleaning of these vehicles at best only reduces the existing bioburden by 40-60%. Using the Halosil Halo Disinfection System to disinfect these vehicles on a regular and consistent basis can decrease the incidence of cross contamination and potentially for re-infection of other transport patients. The Halosil Halo Disinfection System, which produces positively charged hydroxyl ions , goes up ,under and around all exposed surfaces. A standard ambulance/medical transport vehicle can be totally disinfected, in less than ten(10) minutes. An exceptional price performance ratio. Can also be used for police cars and other municipal vehicles.
Compounding Pharmacies are coming under increasing scrutiny from the FDA and the State Pharmacy Boards. Of particular concern to the industry recently are newly minted regulations from USP, specifically Chapter 800, which promulgates a whole new set of standards to protect employees in these facilities in relation to general safety, surface and air quality as well as associated control protocols. Air and surface disinfection requirements are a major part of these new regulations. They stipulate air and surface parameters, but cannot and do not specifically recommend products or procedures to achieve these enhanced standards. These unknowns are what is causing major concern in the industry, as when an inspection team does walk through the door they don’t know what the inspectors are looking for in relation to policies and procedures, let alone disinfection chemicals or other disinfection technologies.ie: are they good enough to satisfy the inspectors predicated on the vagueness of the new regulations.
Direct regulation of the industry is inexorable and inevitable. Most compounding pharmacies currently employ manual disinfection cleaning techniques using a variety of disinfection bactericides, sporicides, virucides and fungicides. Studies have shown that even the best terminal manual cleaning protocols only achieve a 40-60% reduction in residual bio-burden.
Consequently, forward thinking, innovative compounding operations are strategically reacting to this increased regulatory and inspection activity by implementing comprehensive decontamination protocols to preempt outbreaks or chronic contamination problems at their facilities, as well as pragmatically and consistently reducing overall facility bio-burden. Hands-free whole room disinfection systems like the Halosil Halo Disinfection System that offer a consistent and comprehensive disinfection capability with an EPA validated 99.9999% kill on C-Difficile spores on all exposed surfaces can insure that all of these new regulations regarding surface disinfection are met or exceeded. An insurance policy for the facility operator so to speak.
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