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Surfaces Matter 2021: Collaboration for Change
Join HSI for a free collaborative virtual event that brings together industry, academia, science, regulatory, and healthcare service sectors to explore issues that are crucial to reducing the transmission of pathogens via contaminated surfaces.
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A Closer Look at Soft-Surface Contamination & Aerosolization
While the COVID-19 pandemic has helped raise awareness around the transmission of pathogens via aerosolization, there is still a knowledge gap and lack of dialogue around the aerosolization of pathogens via soft surfaces.
NEWS
Case Study: Surface Disinfection Incompatibility with Medical Devices Creates Potential Patient Risks
This in-depth case study identifies gaps and makes recommendations of multi-modal solutions to mitigate issues surrounding surface disinfection incompatibility and its risks to patient care.
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Healthcare Industry Medical Device Selection Survey
Help HSI collect data for use in a new white paper that will identify and address the issue of medical device damage due to chemical exposure, especially from cleaning and disinfection agents in the healthcare setting.
Surfaces can transmit microbes that cause deadly infections and are a serious threat to our health.
people get healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) per year
people die yearly from HAIs and many more live altered lives that require ongoing medical care
1 out of every 25
patients will acquire an HAI during their hospital stay
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs):
Are infections that patients can get in a healthcare facility while receiving medical care that is completely unrelated to what they are being treated for.
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Our on-demand webinars address how contaminated surfaces contribute to the spread of microbes that cause deadly infections and how this can be prevented.
Case Studies
Real-world scenarios that examine the root causes of HAI transmission via surfaces and our findings on how these problems can be successfully addressed.
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Most HAI prevention guidelines focus on cleaning and disinfection and compliance with infection prevention protocols. Absent from these efforts, however, is evaluating whether or not surfaces can actually be cleaned and disinfected using hospital-grade disinfectants.
The Healthcare Surfaces Institute is committed to closing these gaps in knowledge and practice. Our organization understands all aspects of the problem and provides the best path forward in addressing this overlooked issue.
Surprising Facts About Disinfecting Surfaces
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Challenges of Disinfection of Soft Porous Surfaces in Healthcare Environments
Survival and Inactivation of Viruses on High-Touch Environmental Surfaces: Relevance to Countering the Spread of SARS-CoV-2
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