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Facilities that monitor every patient with care
should monitor every load with care
Every Load Monitoring. The highest standard of care for everyone.
Your healthcare facility invests considerable resources in making sure every patient receives a consistent, high level of care. Many quality-driven institutions are applying that same standard to sterile processing by using a biological indicator to monitor every steam sterilization load. Every Load Monitoring applies the same high standard of care for all patients to help reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections. Please take the time to learn more about ELM best practices and the Science of BI's and to request additional ELM data!
Greatly reduce the risk of:
- The cost of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) Of the approximately 15 million in-patient surgeries performed each year in US hospitals, about 300,000 patients develop SSIs at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion. For major orthopedic or cardiac surgery, the costs of complications may range from $30,000-$50,000.1
- The cost and impact of recalls When a load is recalled, the impact is felt throughout a facility. Numerous steps are taken to recall, notify, document, reprocess, and test equipment with significant reach and potential impact throughout the facility. With Every Load Monitoring, there is much less disruption to patients, surgeons, operating rooms and SPD staff, in the event of a recall.
- Potential human oversight Facilities that practice Every Load Monitoring are more likely to identify sterilization process failures than facilities monitoring daily.
- Potential liability and litigation Media reports and publicity of issues causing harm to patients could cost a healthcare facility its good reputation. Litigation resulting from healthcare-associated infections can also be costly.
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