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Hand-Healthy Hand Scrubs - December 2013 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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MEMBER OF THE TEAM INTRODUCING THE NEW 5 Minute UV Disinfection Robot The Only Patented Pulsed Xenon UV Disinfection System 53% Reduction in C. diff Infections1 57% Reduction in Hospital-Wide 0 VRE Cases in Isolation Rooms3 OSE_1213_part2_Layout 1 12/5/13 2:54 PM Page 71 25% Faster Than Chemical Cleaning4 www.xenex.com | 800-553-0069 MRSA Infection Rates2 Published Peer Reviewed Outcome Study in AJIC Published Peer Reviewed Outcome Study in JIP Published Peer Reviewed Outcome Study in ICHE Evaluation Presented at VA National Symposium 1. The effect of portable pulsed xenon ultraviolet light after terminal cleaning on  hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection in a community hospital  by Joanne Levin, Linda S. Riley, Christine Parrish, Daniel English, Sehoon Ahn; AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control 20 May 2013 (10.1016/j.ajic.2013.02.010). http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(13)00249-6/abstract 2. Simmons S, Morgan M, Hopkin T, Helsabeck K, Stachowiak J, Stibich M. Impact of a multi-hospital intervention utilizing screening, hand hygiene education and pulsed xenon ultraviolet (PX-UV) on the rate of hospital associated meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. JIP: Journal of Infection Prevention 1757177413490813, first published on June 5, 2013 as doi:10.1177/1757177413490813. http:// bji.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/06/05/1757177413490813.abstract 3. Stibich M, Stachowiak J, Tanner B, Moore L, Chemaly R. Evaluation of a Pulsed-Xenon Ultraviolet Room Disinfection Device for Impact on Hospital Operations and Microbial Reduction. ICHE. 2011; 32 (3):286-288 4. Quezada R, et al [Poster Session]. Evaluation of a Pulsed-Xenon Ultraviolet Room Disinfection Device for Impact on Contamination Levels of MRSA. VA National Research Week Symposium. Temple, TX. April, 2012.

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