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Do you know for sure that the people doing
the cleaning at your facility are always using
microfiber mops? Sometimes what you're sue
is happening isn't what's really happening.
During a recent cluster of resistant
Acinetobacter we discovered that cotton
string mops were still being used, against our
recommendation that microfiber mops be
used. Despite being a university based medical
center, we weren't using an evidence-based
practice. We're definitely making the switch
now.
As far back as 1970, an influential study
addressed the "massive spread of bacterial
contamination … by the wet-mopping tech-
niques in use." But microfiber mops have
become common only in the last 10 or 15
years. They offer a litany of advantages over
conventional mops. They reduce the risk of
cross-contamination, because you use only
I N F E C T I O N P R E V E N T I O N
As shown on the EPA's list,
Palmero Health Care's
DisCide Ultra Disinfecting
Towelettes and DisCide Ultra
Disinfecting Spray
ACHIEVED
the Agency's stringent
e!cacy performance
standards against
Staphylococcus aureus,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
and Mycobacterium bovis
BCG (tuberculosis bacteria)
and are con"rmed as
e!cacious hospital
disinfectants.
See what EPA had to say
DisCide Ultra It's a Win! Win!
Ready to use
Disinfects in 1 minute or less!
www.epa.gov/oppad001/atp-product-list.pdf
DOES YOUR DISINFECTANT WORK?
Visit EPA website for more info
Fax request to 203-377-8988,
email request to
customerservice@palmerohealth.com or
Mail to PHC 120 Goodwin Pl Stfd. CT. 06615
Name:___________________________________________
Street:___________________________________________
City:______________________State:______Zip Code:____
PROMO CODE: ______
(EPA #) hint "nd on EPA website
To receive a free 4oz bottle.
CLEANING QUANDARY
A hole in the mattress
can be almost impossi-
ble to sterilize.
