While the increase of preventative measures has helped reduce the number of HAIs over the years, the work isn’t over yet. HAIs are still a threat to public health, according to the CDC. That means hospitals still have to use preventative measures to control HAIs.
Hand washing, disinfecting, and using cleaning procedures and processes are just a few of the things hospitals do to help prevent HAIs. Another important preventative measure that helps reduce HAIs is the use of high quality textiles that incorporate antimicrobial fabric protection. But what is a high quality fabric that incorporates antimicrobial protection? Aren’t they all created equally? The answer is no.
Before we go on, it’s important to understand how fabrics that incorporate antimicrobial protection generally work. Here’s a quick explanation:
Antimicrobial fabric protection is created with a variety of features and are used in multiple healthcare settings including at the hospital, in surgical rooms, at home, in hospice care facilities, and even in ambulances and other medical transport vehicles; really the list goes on and on. You might see antimicrobial fabric protection in things like:
High quality antimicrobial fabric protection includes more than just chemical coating and use a variety of special characteristics essential to prevent microbes from developing on the surface of the fabric. So what is a high quality antimicrobial fabric protection product? An example would be the Sure-Chek® line of healthcare fabrics from Herculite Inc. Sure-Chek includes more than just the standard antimicrobial finish; the textile features things like:
Using a combination of special characteristics in medical fabric help prevent microbe surface spread and HAIs better than using a non-specialty fabric or using a textile that features only antimicrobial resistance. Put simply, more protection is better. That’s why using a high quality medical textile with a proven antimicrobial fabric protection system is so important.
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