Healthcare centers with patients suffering from some ailment and/or with a compromised immune system become easy targets for pathogens. Healthcare sectors have an infection prevention protocol, as they are in a constant battle from handling patients and equipment alongside contaminated surfaces that harbor these pathogens. Since long, the sector has been using conventional control plans such as regular changing of linens, washing hands, sterilizing instruments and surfaces, yet the outbreak persists. Everyone who visits a healthcare facility, whether for long-term or for acute care, is at risk.
Hand hygiene and surface disinfection has been the international gold standard for infection control in healthcare environments. But as our hospitals become more crowded, infections become harder to treat, and costs become unmanageable, traditional protocols need reinforcement. Source: Economic…
