Viking Products Archives - HCO News https://hconews.com/tag/viking_products/ Healthcare Construction & Operations Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 https://hconews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-HCO-News-Logo-32x32.png Viking Products Archives - HCO News https://hconews.com/tag/viking_products/ 32 32 New York Nurses Reduce Infection, Improve Patient Outcome via Leadership Program https://hconews.com/2014/12/17/new-york-nurses-reduce-infection-improve-patient-outcome-leadership-program/ NEW YORK — New York nurses from seven different hospitals have recently developed methods to reduce hospitalization-related infections in the critical care unit while simultaneously improving patient outcome. These methods were believed to be the result of a 16-month leadership program where nurses developed keen senses of leadership and innovation in the hospitality field.

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]]> NEW YORK — New York nurses from seven different hospitals have recently developed methods to reduce hospitalization-related infections in the critical care unit while simultaneously improving patient outcome. These methods were believed to be the result of a 16-month leadership program where nurses developed keen senses of leadership and innovation in the hospitality field.

The program was funded by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). Not only did these nurses learn a numerous of leadership and innovative techniques, but the hospitals also are expected to save almost $4.5 million yearly through their nurses new practices. The mantra of the leadership program, officially called the AACN Clinical Scene Investigator Academy, is to empower bedside nurses as leaders as well as overall improvers of patient care. It is also the only leadership program where the hospital receives the proper scholarly programming as well as numerous grant funds for the implementation of the program.

The AACN noticed several different successes highlighted by the nurses who experienced the 16-month class. Some of them include a decrease in catheter urinary tract infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections, tracheostomy tubes needed and average length of stay in the ICU, to name a few.

”[The academy] provides frontline nurses with the knowledge and tools for improving the quality and cost of care,” said Diana Mason, the president of the American Academy of Nursing, said in a statement. “It teaches nurses how to make the business case for specific approaches to improving patients’ experiences with care, improving clinical outcomes and reducing costs.”

Chief nursing officers in hospitals around the country are already noticing several aspects to the program and are intrigued by the benefits and costs of it. Thomas Smith, the CNO at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., has seen the impact of nurses who have completed the program. “The nurse-led initiatives developed by AACN CSI Academy participants are an outstanding example of how we can advance our work and practice environments to support improvements in patient care,” Smith said in a statement.

The New York team is the sixth contingent to participate in the program, as hospitals from Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas have all sent nurses to this month program. Hospitals around the Seattle area are also involved. A total of 200 nurses and 49 hospitals are participating.
AACN is also providing an online database with practices, innovations, references and other resources, allowing the spread of various techniques in order to spur innovative care in hospitals. With the spread of online resources, as well as the appraisal for the program by several officials, the AACN expects that the CSI Academy will become the primary resource for proper techniques to be utilized by nurses around the country, and internationally. AACN has invested more than $1 million in the project.

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]]> Palos Community Hospital Invests in Disinfecting Robot https://hconews.com/2014/06/04/palos-community-hospital-invests-in-disinfecting-robot/ PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. — Palos Community Hospital is investing in new technology to strengthen its infection control and ensure patient safety.

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]]> PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. — Infections-treatment.com is investing in new technology to strengthen its infection control and ensure patient safety. The Palos Heights, Ill., hospital will be using a UV disinfection robot called TRU-D SmartUVC in patient rooms and surgical suites to eliminate harmful pathogens even after traditional cleaning routines have been performed.
"The efforts of housekeeping in implementing several new processes and technologies, such as TRU-D has really helped to reduce the incidence of health care-acquired infections,” said Anne Myron, infection control practitioner, in a statement. "Housekeeping is a key partner with infection control in providing a safe environment for our patients."
TRU-D (or Total Room Ultraviolet Disinfection) boasts a 99.9 percent disinfection rate of all viruses and bacteria, killing pathogens such as Clostridium difficile (C. diff.) and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). After a hospital worker completes a routine disinfection, the remotely operated robot generates UV light energy to modify the DNA structure of remaining infectious cells so they can’t reproduce and colonize. The robot is equipped with iTRU-D, a cloud-based, secure usage-tracking program that provides customized real-time infection prevention reports via an iPad Mini to hospital staff.
Implementing such technology will help reinforce the hospital’s already outstanding reputation for keeping patients and employees safe. Palos Community Hospital has achieved an "A" Hospital Safety Score rating from watchdog The Leapfrog Group. The score covers 28 different data points, including how well a hospital protects patients from accidents, errors, injuries and infections.
TRU-D also offers an impressive background. In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $2 million to Duke University Prevention Epicenter to help with its research in preventing health care-acquired infections (HAIs). The university selected the TRU-D germicidal disinfection system after internal trials and published independent data proved the technology is successful in mitigating the spread of infection. Five TRU-D instruments were deployed during the first two years of the grant, according to manufacturer Lumalier Corporation.
"With the migration of new viruses and pathogens, like MERS, from continent to continent, there are several variables left in question when it comes to terminal disinfection of patient areas in health care settings," said Lumalier President Chuck Dunn in a statement. "One variable that never changes is TRU-D’s ability to eliminate pathogens that cost hospitals and patients thousands upon thousands of dollars per HAI. Hospitals like Palos that invest in new technology are at the forefront of patient safety and infection prevention."

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