What are HAIs?
Hospital Disinfecting Becoming Largest Liability Issue because of HAIs
Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) — also known as a nosocomial infection — is an infection that is contracted from the environment or staff of a healthcare facility.
- More than 2 million HAIs recorded in the US each year
- 40% caused by contact with surfaces and transmitted from room to room
- $45 Billion paid for out of the hospital’s operating profits – Not Insurance Reimbursable
- Affordable Care Act penalizing underperforming Hospitals with significant reductions in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements
- 3 out of 100 surgical patients readmitted with infections costing $10,500 to $22,500 per case
- 24% of professional liability costs for hospitals were directly caused by HAIs in 2014
- New Disinfecting Tracking being required for Nursing Care and Assisted Living Facilities because of this issue
What’s Causing This Problem? Status Quo Disinfecting
- Germs are becoming resistant to ‘old school’ cleaning methods
- Facilities continue to use harmful and toxic cleaners – such as bleach and peroxide – to reduce HAI Pathogens that include bleach and peroxide
- Protocols for cleaning and disinfecting are not stringent enough to track validity and consistency of cleaning solutions
- Facilities continuing to use manual reporting for efficiency and productivity of staff
- Current alternative solutions such as UV light are expensive and do not provide the coverage and ability to disinfect hospital-wide because they are only ‘line of sight’
- Most products available only address one part of the problem
