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Automated Device Disinfection at the Point of Care

  • Cost-effective, fixed price budget
  • Highly compatible with medical devices/medical grade (plastics) to help avoid damage
  • Eliminates disinfectant supply shortages65
  • Reduces the billions of wipes landfilled each year
  • Helps protect staff from chemical disinfectant health risks4
  • Disinfection assurance for your non-critical devices, personal and clinical equipment

Uses process controls and efficacy validation similar to SPD

Today's device disinfection practices can be time-consuming, costly, and ineffective36

Up to 52% of devices may remain contaminated even after the use of disinfectant wipes1

52%
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The Disconnect with Disinfection

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Up to 97% of common healthcare equipment may be contaminated with multiple organisms
97%

For disinfection wipes to be effective, users must know device composition, the target pathogen, and observe appropriate wet contact times.10,36 Up to 52% of nurses surveyed could not identify correct wet contact times.3

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In an APIC online survey of 11,922 U.S.-based infection preventionist members, 39% reported insufficient stock of disinfection products
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Domestic manufacturing allows one AURA-D Cartridge to replace up to 44 canisters of frequently unavailable disinfectant wipes.64

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Study finds significant association between chemical disinfectant exposure and increased risk for COPD
25-38%

In a recent 6-year JAMA Network Open cohort study of 73,262 nurses, weekly occupational exposure to chemical disinfectants was significantly associated with a 25-38% increased risk of developing COPD, independent of smoking and asthma.4

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Device damage due to improper or residual chemical exposure can be a drain on hospital resources
20%

Chemical disinfectants can cause environmental stress cracking damage to devices, leading to costly premature replacement or repair.5 Up to 20% of plastic equipment fails due to environmental stress cracking.6

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The total volume of wipes used annually in US hospitals would circle the earth an estimated 32 times
100 years

Disinfectant wipes containing polyester or other plastics can take up to 100 years to biodegrade.7 US hospitals discard approximately 7 billion wipes per year.35

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Regulatory and financial considerations are critical when choosing disinfectants
99% vs. 99.9999%?

1 log or 6 log? UV technologies may make efficacy claims that are inconsistent with regulatory guidelines. UV systems are unregistered and not held to the same standard. Sterifre partners with customers to provide EPA registered disinfection systems at a guaranteed cost with no capital expenditures. 

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Sterifre Medical Granted EPA Registration For Automated, Point of Care Disinfectant System to Help Combat COVID-19 and Other Healthcare Associated Pathogens

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It is estimated that disinfectant wipes take up to 100 years to biodegrade

Estimated active count of disinfectant wipes discarded by US hospitals during 20218

It is our promise to protect patients and clinicians through innovative, cost-effective, infection prevention systems that are easy to deploy and achieve reliable outcomes, while reducing the environmental impact of delivering quality healthcare

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