{"id":525,"date":"2019-01-10T21:09:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T21:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haiguard.com\/?page_id=525"},"modified":"2021-10-28T20:09:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T00:09:20","slug":"hai-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haiguard.com\/tools\/hai-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"HAI Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"525\" class=\"elementor elementor-525\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff92610 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff92610\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1c42d7\" data-id=\"e1c42d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c255c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53c255c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Causes HAIs?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f6fddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f6fddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Acting as a fomite, privacy curtains have been found to sustain pathogens and microorganisms that can be transferred between staff and patients. These pathogens can survive on soft surfaces for an extended period of time, sometimes lasting up to several months. Published studies including one by the American Journal of Infection Control found various pathogens on 95% of privacy curtains including, but not limited to:<\/p><p>\u2022 Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)<br \/>\u2022 Staphylococcus Aureus<br \/>\u2022 Clostridium Difficle<br \/>\u2022 Methicillin-Resistant S. Aureus (MRSA)<br \/>\u2022 Gram-Negative Rods<\/p><p>Most importantly 92% of curtains washed in-house by hospital staff with improper treatment showed recontamination within one week. The CDC reports 1 in 20 patients staying one night in the hospital will acquire an HAI.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-background-color=\"#f35c35\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd63b7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fd63b7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/hospitalcompare\/search.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find Your Facility<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82c6953 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82c6953\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-253176a\" data-id=\"253176a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d940f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d940f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Can You Protect Your Facility?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b786d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b786d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soft-surfaces can contribute to the spread of these pathogens through direct contact, aerosol transmission, and cross-contamination potential. Infection Control Today maintains that routine laundering of soft-surfaces and the use of an EPA-registered product can help limit and prevent contamination and the spread of HAIs. An article in Executive Housekeeping Today also suggests changing the curtains after each contact isolation discharge to further help this cause.<\/p><p>Examining your current sanitization process may prove that your curtains are only being changed during an isolation cleaning or when \u201cvisibly soiled\u201d. These standards alone mean that areas like the PACU, ER, Maternity, and supporting departments may wait months or even years to be cleaned, if at all. With the curtains representing over 500 square feet of surface space in a normal patient room and the average HAI costing a hospital $27,000 in unreimbursed expenses, a compliance program is critical.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f555f6c elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f555f6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/curtain-services\/curtain-compliance-program\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Curtain Compliance<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daffd09 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"daffd09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/haiguard.com\/curtains\/the-hand-shield\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Hand Shield\u2122<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0d300e\" data-id=\"c0d300e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05f2d65 elementor-hidden-phone dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05f2d65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Our <a href=\"https:\/\/haiguard.com\/curtain-services\/curtain-compliance-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtain Compliance Program<\/a> and <a href=\"\/curtain-services\/discharge-curtain-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discharge Curtain Service<\/a> include a five-step sanitization process to ensure lasting performance. Our compliance programs feature fixed cleaning schedules for each individual curtain along with supporting documents and validation reports for the Facility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f1f2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74f1f2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For more information on our process and services, contact us at <a href=\"tel:800-845-6155\">800-845-6155<\/a> .<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Causes HAIs? Acting as a fomite, privacy curtains have been found to sustain pathogens and microorganisms that can be transferred between staff and patients. 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