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Hospital Development

New Memorial Hermann Campus Opening!

Houston Hospital Services, Inc. was proud to serve our local community on February 22, 2016. In a recent Community Impact Newspaper (Cypress Edition) article by Shawn Arrajji,  The Memorial Hermann Hospital System expansion continues by opening a Convenient Care Center in the Cypress area north of Houston. Located at 27700 Hwy 290 in Cypress, TX the center is housed on the first floor of a six-story medical plaza that includes an additional 125,000 square feet of medical office space. The ribbon cutting was on March 1, 2016.

For the last year, together with GKL Health Services, Houston Hospital Services, Inc has provided support and solutions to assist the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Cypress, In the next year, Memorial Hermann plans additional expansion adding eight operating rooms, 16-bed intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, cardiac catheterization lab and a Memorial Hermann Life Flight helipad. For more information on this article, please visit the Community Impact Newspaper Online.

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Cleaning Verification Stations Healthmark Industries Infection Control Tips

Video Of The Week: Flexible Inspection Scope Verification

 

Did you know that your flexible scope cleaning station could be equipped with a flexible inspection scope verification tool like this one? It’s a small price to pay to ensure that all the ‘nooks and crannies’ are being scrubbed and cleaned of bio-burden. No human eye can possibly detect all the possible places bio-burden may be hiding. Why put your patient and your hospital at risk? Take the extra step and get a better view of your scopes once they have been “cleaned”. Need further verification? Healthmark Industries is the leader is cleaning verification tools for these scopes. With EndoCheck™, ChannelCheck™, Pro-Check™ and HemoCheck™. Click here to learn more or call Houston Hospital Services, Inc at 713-640-5393 for more information!

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Don’t Touch That!!!

Pedigo CuVerro® Bacterial Alloy

Something we rarely consider every day is the amount of surfaces we actually touch with our hands.  In a hospital environment, what we touch can have a grave impact on patients and hospital staff health. It’s essential we understand potential high touch surfaces and how our partners are improving their products to combat these issues.

Our partners at Pedigo have taken steps to improve upon everyday use items such as stretchers, IV poles and patient handles. These ‘high-touch’ areas are a breeding ground for spreading infectious diseases. By replacing the stainless steel handles, rails and poles with CuVerro® Bactericidal Alloy, Pedigo has decreased the risk by almost 99%. If you think about the surfaces a patient, hospital professional and those outsiders visiting hospitals, you will understand that bed rails, IV poles, light switches, door handles and other areas are “high touch”.

Take a look at what Pedigo has to offer in the newest CuVerro® line. It’s truly amazing that simply changing the materials and engineering they can incorporate a non-caustic and natural combat to fight the spread of bacteria.

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Infection Control Tips

5 Tips for Infection Control from Becker’s

Maintaining optimal levels of sterility assurance requires use of chemicals that can be harmful to humans. Gaps in education of our healthcare workers results in improper handling of these necessary chemicals. The trickle down effect could result in chronic health effects should healthcare workers not pay close attention to proper protocols.

Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality released “How to clean, disinfect while preventing harmful exposure: 5 things to know” written by Max Green. These tips address gaps in key areas where healthcare workers and sanitation standards need to meet. Click HERE to read more!