Category: "HAIs"

Dig into these five “Whys” behind HAIs to help create a safer healthcare environment and reduce the risk of HAIs spreading to patients, providers, staff, and visitors.

This guide is designed to help healthcare professionals navigate the intricate process of cleaning and disinfecting ultrasound probes, ensuring patient safety and reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

Ultrasound probe damage directly impacts patients, their health, and their outcomes through its effects on diagnostic accuracy, treatment efficacy, patient safety, comfort, and psychological well-being.

When you stop to think about it, electrical leakage testers are one of the most important components when reprocessing a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) ultrasound probe.

Despite all the negative feelings surrounding CE, it is actually not a waste and certainly not pointless. CE is very important, even for those who have been in the field for decades.

How much goes into reprocessing a simple TEE probe, anyway? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a PDF outlining everything you need to know about disinfection and sterilization.

Now that surveys have resumed, it is important to know what has changed in the survey process and how you can be better prepared. The survey process looks "somewhat different" according to TJC.

Each of the goals addresses an area in which TJC has noted some deficiencies in need of correction or attention. Review these goals for your own facility and see what you can do to improve patient outcomes.

This year is coming to a close. Finally. With 2020 in the rearview, many are looking expectantly to 2021, wondering what the new year will bring. While we can’t know what lies ahead for us in the coming year, we can prepare for it.

As you have been thinking about or reviewing existing SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures), a key factor that is important to always remember is your staff and the complex job they are tasked to complete.

Knowing the incredible lengths our healthcare workers have gone to keep us all safe has inspired CS Medical to provide solutions to keep our healthcare workers safe.

After bedside cleaning, cleaning, and then high-level disinfecting a TEE ultrasound probe, it’s time to give it a quick wipe with a paper towel and store it. If this sounds familiar, you’re not drying your probes properly.

Fortunately for those who were looking forward to visiting CS Medical’s booth this year, we have some wonderful news: you don’t have to miss out. Because of CS Medical’s dedication to stopping the spread of HAIs, we will be hosting a virtual event in lieu of attending APIC’s Annual Conference.

CS Medical^® is pleased to announce the distribution agreement with AirClean^® Systems to offer the UV Light Box. The AirClean Systems UV Light Box is just another example of when collaboration between companies provides a solution in a time of need.

Do we have any reason to believe our water is always safe for consumption? More importantly, do we know that our municipal water is safe for rinsing semi-critical devices, like TEE probes and endoscopes, so as to retain high-level disinfection status?

According to HIPAA, ePHI is, “any protected health information that is created, stored, transmitted, or received in any electronic format or media.” Any medical device which retains this information can prove to be a weakness in your facility’s defense of patient ePHI...

Evidence has been presented that semi-critical devices, devices that come in contact with mucous membranes or non-intact skin, such as endoscopes and endocavity probes, cause more healthcare associated infections than non-critical or critical medical devices...

There are at least three solid reasons for making the change to automation and propelling your healthcare facility into the future.

Too many facilities have no standardized way of storing transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) ultrasound probes. Some facilities have used transportation cases to store their TEE probes, but that is not their intended use and is actually prohibited in several countries.

When reprocessing TEE probes, the focus is on ensuring that the probe shaft is properly bedside cleaned, cleaned, and high-level disinfected. But what about the TEE probe handle and the cables?

The Joint Commission (TJC) will score them based on the procedure they use to high-level disinfect TEE probes, many do not realize that proper storage is also on TJC’s audit checklist.

Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) place a huge financial burden on facilities, can have enormous impacts on a provider's reputation, and put financial and emotional strain on patients.

CS Medical is pleased to announce the release of another tool that will aide healthcare professionals in their fight to reduce healthcare associated infections.

A Critical Element to Proper High-Level Disinfection

CS Medical is pleased to announce the release of a new enzymatic product specially designed for ultrasound probes, NUZyme sponges

CS Medical, LLC is pleased to announce the receipt of CE Certification for the TD 100 automated transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE/TOE) probe disinfector and TD-8 OPA based high-level disinfectant

CS Medical is pleased to announce a strategic distribution agreement with GE Healthcare. GE will distribute the TD 100^® Automated TEE Ultrasound Probe Disinfector

CS Medical, LLC is pleased to announce the successful installation of over 170 TD 100 automated transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) probe disinfectors