Why Is Regular Cleaning Of Medical Curtains Crucial For Infection Control?
Controlling Infections in Hospital Rooms
Hospital rooms are very likely to have unhealthy bacteria in them. Unfortunately the reality of a hospital or healthcare facility is that sick patients will bring in unsafe bacteria with them. Infection can spread through surface contact and direct contact with healthcare staff members, visitors, and more. By having your hospital room curtains regularly cleaned you are eliminating the potential for an additional surface that could be compromised. Having these curtains swapped our daily life reduces the risk of spreading infections and helps keep everyone safer.
Protecting The Patient’s Health
In many healthcare settings the patients’ will have compromised immune systems and regular cleaning of the facility is critical to fight off spreading infections. Different infections can spread in a variety of ways, and many infections spread from surface contact. Because some infections can live months on commonly used synthetic materials, cubicle curtains can quickly become a danger to patients, especially when already in a poor state of health. Curtain cleaning services remove curtains daily, and curtains may be removed on call if necessary. Reach out to Accord Curtains to learn more about our curtain cleaning service and in what ways we can help you protect your patients and make your healthcare facility safer for everyone.
The Spread of Hospital Acquired Infections
Many hospital acquired infections have been found to spread through the contact of medical staff’s hands. This means they come into contact with surfaces and patients which then allows bacteria to spread. By maintaining clean surfaces a hospital is greatly limiting the chances that bacteria can spread through contact surfaces and through direct contact. By reducing the potential for contact surface spread a healthcare facility is protecting their patients’ lives and doing their duty to provide the best care for each patient.
How Cleaning Curtains Results in Hospital Infection Prevention
Anyone in a healthcare environment can potentially be exposed to infectious bacteria and surfaces. This includes any part of a hospital patient room, which requires cleaning and sanitization. Just like any other common surface in a public space, many people come into contact with cubicle curtains every single day, leaving behind traces of bacteria. When a hospital is able to control curtains that may be contaminated they are able to maintain a cleaner environment and increase infection prevention. Utilizing a curtain cleaning service can dramatically reduce hospital acquired infections which will protect patients, healthcare workers, visitors, and more. Disposable curtains and washing hospital curtains decreases infections and will help save lives.
Real Time Curtain Replacement Reports
Accord Curtains barcodes all of our curtains in order to track exactly which rooms have been serviced, and which curtains have been replaced. This tracking system is designed to ensure that we never miss a single curtain, and that every room is properly taken care of. It’s our goal to make the curtain replacement as seamless as possible and to ensure our curtains are clean and infection free after every replacement. We also provide our healthcare partners with access to our Accord Curtains Tracking Software. Because we scan curtain barcodes as we replace them, our tracking software is immediately updated. Each log provides the details of the curtain replacement including the date and time, name of our employee, and the room number where the swap occurred.
Increasing Safety for Medical Staff
Hospital acquired infections can be dangerous not only for patients who are being treated in the hospital, but can be a health risk for medical staff. Nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers are seeing and caring for countless patients at a time, and come into contact with hospital curtains throughout their entire shift. Dozens of people per day can be in contact with a single curtain including doctors, patient nurses, family of the patient, environmental services technicians, and more. When privacy curtains in a hospital room aren’t cleaned regularly, healthcare workers are working in contaminated environments. To maintain a cleaner hospital, curtains should be laundered daily, especially if a patient is moved. It is crucial that curtains are handled effectively and efficiently to ensure infection prevention in every hospital room. Protecting the staff of a hospital is vital in order to continue serving the patients that require treatment and care.
Study Results of Hospital Curtain Infection Rates
Curtains in healthcare environments are proven to be easily contaminated and can pass along infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released information detailing that during hospital stays 1 out of every 25 patients are going to contract a hospital acquired infection. Over 200 people will die from hospital acquired infections in a single day, making hospital hygiene an essential part of healthcare. Across every healthcare facility in the country this can cost up to 45 billion dollars in a single year. Some infections may live nearly three months on a polyester curtain that is not cleaned. With patients’ immune system already compromised, infections passed on through privacy curtains can be fatal and pose a serious health risk. By regularly cleaning curtains in a hospital the chance of infection is reduced, which creates a cleaner and healthier environment for all.
Immediate Curtain Cleaning Service
If your healthcare facility needs on-call curtain cleaning and replacement services contact Accord Curtains. We are able to arrive shortly after being notified of a patient discharge and have a new, clean curtain installed within the hour. This means we are able to provide both a scheduling cleaning service, as well as an on-call cleaning service at the request of the facility. By notifying our staff of an isolation discharge and the room number we will immediately begin the process of replacing the curtains. On-call curtain replacement gives healthcare facilities flexibility to have a hospital room completely ready for a new admission in a very short timeframe. If you have questions regarding our on-call isolation cleaning process please reach out to our staff today and we can provide you with more information.
Choosing Accord Curtains
Since we started in 2008 we have worked with healthcare facilities across Central Ohio including The Ohio State University Medical Center, and the Ohio hospital system. In 2020 alone we cleaned 30,000 curtains in order to help keep hospitals as safe as possible. We have expanded our operations out of state and continue to provide continuous excellent quality services to all of our clients. We work with Nationwide Children’s, OhioHealth, Mount Carmel, and many more hospital systems.
Contact Accord Curtains Today
If your healthcare facility is looking to add a soft surface sanitation service contact Accord Curtains today. We provide routine schedule cleaning based on a schedule that each facility provides. Allow our team to ensure that all of the curtains in your healthcare facility are clean and don’t pose a health risk to employees, patients, or visitors. We are proud to work with hospitals in Central Ohio and continue to try and keep our city as safe as possible. We provide our services for outpatient centers, medical facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, and more.