What are Hospital Acquired Infections and How Can They Be Managed?
Hospital Acquired Infections: Detection and Management Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) or "nosocomial” infections are infections commonly contracted by patients while receiving treatment at healthcare facilities. These can include hospitals, nursing homes, ambulances, rehabilitation centers, surgical centers, and clinics. HAIs may also be contracted from other healthcare professionals. Typically, an HAI impact the lungs, skin, urinary tracts, digestive tracks or enters the bloodstream. The most common Hospital-Acquired Infection include urinary tract infections, surgical site infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and bloodstream infections. HAIs are not always...
Predictive Maintenance In Healthcare
Why do we Need Predictive Maintenance in Healthcare Facilities? Maintenance is an essential activity in any industry, including healthcare facilities. All equipment and machines must be in perfect working condition in a healthcare facility. Since these instruments are often used to treat patients or even in daily administrative functions, disturbance in their functions could prove detrimental. Preventive maintenance involves the regular checking of machines at regular intervals irrespective of usage and time. Reactive maintenance is repairs done after a breakdown or...
Expectations of Consumers in The Post-Covid World With Hygiene and Sanitation
What do Standards of Hygiene and Sanitation Consumers Expect in a Post-Covid World? Introduction The Coivd-19 pandemic has flagged off a series of changes as far as consumer behavior is concerned. The significant changes in consumers have been more awareness concerning the necessity of hygiene, proper standards of sanitation, and relevant monitoring for health reasons. These changes in consumer behavior are impacting various industries and sectors of business. Increased consumer awareness has led to a surge in the adoption of unique smart...
How to Improve the Housekeeping Services at your Hotel
Making the Most of Housekeeping in Your Hotel You might have the fanciest hotel with world-class amenities. However, that is not enough to attract and retain guests. What becomes paramount to your visitors is the housekeeping services that you offer. Everything from the way they are received to the cleanliness of the room and the promptness of the services leaves a lasting impression on your guests. It helps them decide if they want to be associated with your brand. Many...
How to Maintain Food Safety in Hospitals
What is food safety? Food safety means the way food is handled, prepared, and stored to prevent subsequent food-borne illnesses and product contamination. Food-borne diseases result from a lack of food safety in health care. Outbreaks because of issues related to food safety of health care institutions like hospitals are just unpleasant, and in the worst case, they are life-threatening. Food safety includes practices that ensure that the food provided is consumed safely. Why is food safety important? Due to the nature...
Disinfecting High-Risk Hospital Surfaces With the Help of Technology
Here is How You Can Disinfect High-Risk Hospital Surfaces with Technology One of the critical issues that patients and hospitals face is keeping the hospital clean. The cause of infections from the hospital surfaces can be attributed to various facts like non-uniform cleaning practices adopted throughout the world, the quality of the products used, and the training offered to the hygiene personnel may vary from place to place. Although the proof states that hospital surfaces are a primary cause of...
The Dos and Dont’s of Managing Bio-Medical Waste in Hospitals
Introduction - The Meaning of Bio-Medical Waste Biomedical waste means solid and liquid waste, including containers and intermediate products, generated in the diagnosis, treatment, immunization, or related research, manufacture, or testing of humans or animals. These components' biological and physicochemical properties, potential hazards, and toxicity are different, and their treatment/disposal requires different methods/options. Biomedical waste classification Biomedical waste was divided into the following different categories. Ingredients of biomedical waste Human anatomical waste includes organs, body parts, tissues, etc.)Animal waste, during research/experiment, from veterinary...
Best Practices to Avoid Infection Outbreaks in Hospitals
Prevention Guideline for Nosocomial Infections Introduction Hospitals and healthcare institutions are places where the environment is safe and caring to enable the patients to get better. However, ground realities state that one in every 31 patients at a healthcare facility acquires at least one nosocomial infection, says CDC. The irony has been established; there is a need to actively practice hygiene and sanitization measures to ensure that hospital-acquired diseases stay as low as practically possible. There are specific guidelines to help healthcare...
Ensuring Safety of Employees in Hospitals During a Pandemic
Healthcare Workforce Safety: Steps to Make Healthcare and Medical Establishments Safe for Employees During a Pandemic Introduction Health workers are the first line of defense against medical emergencies. The coronavirus outbreak recently in 2020 (which still hasn’t subsided yet) saw an unprecedented need for the medical attention required for patients, and healthcare workers proved their significance yet again. With that said, caregivers in the healthcare industry face the highest risks and work under extreme pressure to ensure safety and comfort for...