efficiently and effectively, according to Nancy Havill, MT (ASCP),
MHA, CIC, infection prevention manager at Yale New Haven Health.
"We use the technology to disinfect the entire ward, then put patients
back in it," explains Ms. Havill. "We did it back in 2006 when we had
an increase in C. diff incidence and saw a significant decrease in our
infection rates. We're currently exploring the opportunity to decon-
taminate our COVID-19 units."
While the coronavirus hasn't changed Yale New Haven's cleaning
procedures or the chemicals staff use for disinfection, it has changed
the frequency in which the process is done. Pre-pandemic, the hospi-
tal's environmental services staff would perform a high-level surface
disinfection of common area bathrooms two to three times per shift,
which is a very good rate. Now, however, they disinfect the bath-
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