Your Contamination Risk

   There is continual pressure to reduce costs and control budgets.  The new reimbursement models have business and facilities looking at how they can improve quality while reducing costs and it is forcing a more strategic look at total cost.  Gone are the days when a cheaper disinfecting products could help you achieve your disinfecting budget goals. To really add value, you need to look at improving outcomes, increasing reimbursement and managing labor, the largest cost reflected in budgets. 

   Maintaining the balance of the three pillars of Cost, Quality and Results makes it necessary to focus on products and processes that can improve labor without impacting quality.  By bringing Sanitize Solutions as a safe workplace partner, you and your employees can focus on being healthy while increasing your product and production with less employees out sick. You need to focus on helping your staff do more in less time. This may require you to update and outsource  your disinfection protocols to make decontamination process faster and more effective which in return will enhance productivity with less labor down time.

   Infections causing down time now, more than ever need to be taken into account when you are defining your overall employees production and programs. Improving disinfection processes to help drive standardized and consistent results will help to reduce employees risk while continuing focusing on productivity. Improvements like this allows you to do this within your budgets. It all about the balance! Sanitize Solutions has a program for almost every budget.

Compliance and Dwell/kill Times

   Timing is truly of the essence, when it comes to sanitizing and disinfecting.  If the disinfectant label contact time is not achieved, there is a risk that the surface was not properly disinfected and could create risk for a susceptible employee.  Environmental factors, like humidity, temperature, and disinfectant ingredients, such as high levels of alcohol, can impact dwell/kill times, as they may cause surfaces to dry before the contact time is achieved.  Also, your sanitizing and disinfection protocol may not allow enough time to perform the task with the required dwell/kill time. These are important considerations, as some disinfectants that most consumers use are slow-acting, requiring long contact times that may not be realistic within your environment. This is why it may be best to outsource to Sanitize Solutions, we know the time it takes to properly kill harmful pathogens.  Why constantly worry if your staff has the proper protocols in place to properly keep everyone safe.

Dilatable, RTU or Wipes?

   A recent study has shown that staff is more likely to be compliant with disinfectant protocols when using disinfectant wipes but are often not used in the proper matter causing them to be less effective.  When compared to the traditional towel and bucket method, RTU wipes significantly increased compliance but reduced effectiveness.  

The Sanitize Solutions Antimicrobial BioShield System compliments cleaning protocols by inhibiting the growth of bacteria, mold, mildew, algae, fungi, and yeast under normal conditions for up to 90 days. Utilizing RTU wipes as touch ups in areas of know infections. This reduces the cost per employee, per day while still maintaining a healthy workplace.  

DISINFECTANT?  OR DISINFECTANT CLEANER?

   Understand your product, and determine if you are able to simplify your process with a disinfectant cleaner that both cleans and disinfects in one step, or if you are using a disinfectant that requires you to pre-clean a surface prior to disinfection. There are many disinfectants that are not cleaners, and many cleaners that don’t disinfect. Some cleaners with disinfectant are not actually disinfecting the surface due to the improper dwell/kill time needed, giving you that false sense of security. The best choice is to leave this process to the professionals at Sanitize Solutions and follow up with a cleaner and disinfectant combined for an as needed basis. 

SURFACE COMPATIBILITY

 Unfortunately there is not one perfect off the shelf disinfectant that is compatible with all surfaces, fabrics and equipment.  It is important to understand the risks associated with your disinfectant and its impact on the surfaces, equipment, and fabrics in your facility. Sanitize Solutions only uses EPA-registered products. We follow all precautions to minimize risk to people, animals and the environment. With off the shelf disinfectants their is not be one disinfectant that can do it all. Here at Sanitize Solutions we have products for every type of surface and situation.

SUMMARY

In summary, there are many hurdles you need to overcome to establish a successful disinfection program. Finding the right product is just one key component in your program. Time and  accuracy are to more of many others. To correctly disinfect it takes the integration of the correct disinfectant, procedures, tools and training that optimize any successful program.