Bioquell Worldwide
IN THE NEWS

BIOQUELL
PRESS RELEASE
22nd January 2008
BIOQUELL PLC


East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust choose BIOQUELL to aid with their ‘deep cleaning’ programme


East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has become the second Trust to deploy BIOQUELL’s Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour (“HPV”) bio-decontamination technology. In order to reduce hospital acquired infections the Trust is undertaking a ‘deep clean’ programme in line with the Government’s initiative to carry out a national ward-by-ward clean.

Matthew Parks, Head of BIOQUELL’s Room Bio-Decontamination Service, said:

"We are delighted to be working with the East Sussex Trust – the second dedicated proactive team deployed within the UK. With this specialist decontamination resource, the hospitals are able to focus on eradicating nosocomial pathogens from the environment and hence reduce hospital acquired infections. This preventative approach has been proven to work in hospitals in the US and I am excited to see BIOQUELL’s technology being used in our hospitals.
Equally, we are continuing to support the NHS' requirement for decontamination technologies by offering emergency decontamination call outs and also equipment for the hospitals to purchase and operate themselves.”

This contract is another important win for BIOQUELL who have invested heavily in the research and development of its HPV decontamination systems. In March 2007 the BIOQUELL Z was launched – a system which can be purchased and operated by the hospitals. This option gives users the control and flexibility to decontaminate ICU's, patient side wards, isolation rooms and equipment where ever and when ever it is required.

Further information on the deployment of BIOQUELL’s technology against hospital acquired infection in NHS hospitals is available on the Department of Health's web site. Click HERE to be directed to the relevant web pages.

For more information on the BIOQUELL’s ‘proactive’ decontamination service Click HERE

For information on the BIOQUELL Z decontamination system click HERE


PRESS RELEASE FROMEast Sussex NHS Trust
EAST SUSSEX NHS TRUST
16th January 2008

Trust launches enhanced deep cleaning programme

East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust is undertaking a £450,000 enhanced deep cleaning programme for all its wards and clinical areas. It forms part of the national deep clean of hospitals announced by Health Secretary Alan Johnson in November last year.

The Trust has welcomed the additional national deep clean funding which will enhance its own ongoing campaign to reduce Clostridium difficile, MRSA and other hospital acquired infections.RBDS Implant team at Eastbourne Hospital

Dr Umasankar, Consultant Microbiologist and Director of Infection Control, said:

“Infection control and patient safety is a priority for this Trust. We have made significant progress on reducing infections showing a year on year reduction in the number of hospital cases. However, we are not complacent. It is important for everyone in the Trust and the community to help reduce infection rates by understanding the importance of implementing good infection prevention and control at all times. This enhanced deep cleaning programme will decontaminate our hospitals.”

David Philliskirk, Director of Facilities and Estates, said:

“Cleaning and deep cleaning is carried out at the Trust Hospitals on a daily basis – but this new programme is something more than that. This is literally getting into every nook and cranny of every ward and clinical unit and treating them with some of best disinfection materials available.”

The deep clean programme will be completed by the 31st March 2008 and involves a considerable amount of work across the hospital’s 74 wards and clinical units.

Every ward will be thoroughly cleaned including bed frames, lockers, behind radiators, air vents, lights, shelves, corridors, bathrooms, floors, computers, telephones, kitchens, curtains, linen skips, trolleys, fans and work surfaces.

Along with traditional disinfectants other methods such as hydrogen peroxide vaporisation and steam cleaning will be used where appropriate. A specialist contractor will use the latest equipment to disperse hydrogen peroxide vapours throughout the wards to decontaminate every surface and area of any germs likely to cause infection.

Patients will be moved from an area about to be cleaned to one which has already been cleaned to enable the programme to take place. The Trust’s infection control staff will sign off each area as compliant with Department of Health guidelines before cleaners can move on.

Tina Lloyd, Lead Nurse for infection control, said:

“We apologise to patients and their families who may be inconvenienced by being moved around while this deep clean is undertaken. We shall take great care to do the cleaning as quickly, efficiently and safely as possible to minimise disruption without compromising the aim of the exercise – to reach the highest possible standards of cleanliness.”

The deep clean is the latest in a series of initiatives the Trust has undertaken to help reduce hospital acquired infections. These include the introduction of alcohol gel dispensers and the bedside and ward entrances. A new ‘bare below the elbow’ uniform policy. A poster campaign to encourage visitors to clean their hands and remind staff of the need for good hand hygiene. Limiting the movement of patients around the hospital, daily and weekly monitoring of infections, and new antibiotic prescribing guidelines.

A new action plan to reduce hospital acquired infections has been developed and the measures the Trust has taken are based on the latest research and have been worked through with the close co-operation and agreement of the Department of Health Cleaner Hospital Team.

In November 2007, the Trust received positive ratings for cleanliness in the Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) evaluation. Eastbourne DGH received a ‘good’ and Conquest received an ‘acceptable’ rating for environment.

To view this press release on the East Sussex NHS Trust website, Click here.
Quick Links