Hospital refurbishment programme utilises RBDS
Once RBDS was engaged, decontamination of each newly refurbished ward was completed within 24 hours
A sizeable 850-bed teaching and research hospital undertaking an important refurbishment programme chose to include a robust method of decontamination post building works. Through using hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) – the powerful active biological decontamination agent – which Bioquell’s Room Bio-decontamination Service (RBDS) exploits, such an approach shows commitment to lowering infection risk.
In view of the hospital’s constraints, scheduling building contractors carrying out refurbishment plans and the need to factor in decorative repairs/upgrades, fitting in Bioquell became a delicate matter – when considering the admission pressures constantly facing bed management.
Prior to HPV treatments, a dedicated Bioquell project manager liaised with the customer to devise a concise strategy for deployments. Once RBDS was engaged, decontamination of each newly refurbished ward was completed within 24 hours. Swift fogging of eight wards in a 12-month period was achieved without hitch.
After Bioquell safely handed over each area, the customer could be sure that all micro-organisms potentially present before HPV-procedures had been effectively eradicated. In using proprietary challenge measures – 106 Geobacillus stearothermophilus biological indicators (BIs), combined with chemical indicators (CIs) – proof of successful 6-log reduction becomes a unique factor offered through RBDS.
Patients were re-admitted to clean environments with negligible risk of exposure to HCAI-causing bacteria/viruses.
Martyn Broadbent, RBDS Healthcare Specialist, explains: 'Representing yet another example of where Bioquell can offer value, the service can not only be a one-off solution, but part of a longer-term initiative to drive down threat of HCAIs.' Bioquell technology is a workable resolution in the fight against hospital pathogens, with little or no disruption caused to normal operational environments.
