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Wall Street Journal | Behind One Hospital’s Fight Against Deadly Infection Author | Laura Landro Published on June 4, 2012 11:47pm EST This article spotlights the 3M™ Clean-Trace™ Management System. For more information on the 3M™ Clean-Trace™ Hygiene Management System, please visit http://bit.ly/clean-trace. To access the Wall Street Journal Article, please visit http://bit.ly/WSJ_3mct Marita Nash, environmental services director at Hunterdon Medical Center here, uses a swab to swipe a bedside tray table in a freshly cleaned patient room. She then dips the swab into a hand-held device that can detect bacterial contamination in less than a minute. The reading is in the safe zone by most industry standards. But at Hunterdon, it will trigger a repeat visit from Ms. Nash's cleaning crew to wipe out lingering bacteria. Ms. Nash and her colleague Kathy Roye-Horn, Hunterdon's infection-prevention director, are on the front lines of one of the most critical battles in health care—keeping virulent hospital infections at bay. Nationwide, about one in 20 patients entering a hospital will get a potentially deadly infection, accounting for some $33 billion in preventable costs, according to the federal Department of Health and Human Services. Dangers lurk not only in vulnerable places like operating rooms. Recent studies have shown that some of the most common surfaces, from sink faucets to TV remote controls, can harbor the most deadly bacteria….read more on this story at http://bit.ly/WSJ_3mct 3M Infection Prevention Division is truly on a mission to provide health care professionals with solutions to minimize the risk of healthcare-associated infections. Combing science and technology, 3M’s distinct technology platforms and comprehensive portfolio of quality products help the healthcare industry define and address current infection prevention best practices. With its systems of people, products and processes, 3M Infection Prevention is committed to helping customers lead the way in controlling the risk of infection, improving patient outcomes, and managing their bottom lines. Welcome to our Slideshare Channel! We’re also Social on Twitter @3M_Infection and on Facebook 3M Infection Prevention. For additional information, learn more at www.3m.com/infectionprevention.TRANSCRIPT
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