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Lisa Chamoff, Contributing Reporter | October 20, 2014
From the August 2014 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
Walk in and wheel in
More facilities are moving away from solely wiping down equipment such as wheelchairs and IV poles, which is a cumbersome process, and installing decontamination rooms. The VaproQuip Decontamination Room from STERIS uses a low-temperature dry vapor, and while it doesn’t replace the manual wipe down process, it provides additional assurance of the decontamination process, McDonnell says.
There are also UV decontamination processes, such as the PATHOGON UV Disinfection System from STERIS, which can be wheeled into the operating room, intensive care unit or a general ward. A hybrid of the two, using the technology of a fixed system, but that can be built into existing hospital infrastructure, uses hydrogen peroxide gas. STERIS has introduced these systems in the last few years.
“These new types of systems that have come out can provide a greater level of assurance,” McDonnell says.
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