Disinfecting Devices at the Point-of-Care
Could non-critical medical devices and other items used at the patient bedside present infection risks?
Richard Shea, CEO of Sterifre Medical Inc., thinks so. His company has just raised $8 million in a Series B private equity round of financing to market products for rapid, point-of-care device disinfection in healthcare facilities. Shea was previously the CEO of Olympus Respiratory America, a provider of COPD treatment products, and was one of the founding executives of Stericycle Inc.
âInitially we will be focused on three areas: non-critical, point-of-care medical devices, environment-of-care items that patients come into contact with, and hospital personnel health and wellness items,â Shea tells MD+DI. âResearch has shown that disinfecting these items is an acute problem for nurses. Non-critical devices include items like radios/phones, tablets, thermometers, glucometers, otoscopes, stethoscopes, oximeters, pads/sensors, cords/cables, doppler probes, etc. Patient-use items include remote controls, phones, tablets, call buttons, etc. Finally, at the end of a shift, a clinicianâs personal items such as phones, keys, ID badges, jewelry, etc. can be thoroughly and quickly disinfected prior to going home.â
Sterifreâs automated point-of-care system, Aura, seeks to address user concerns with current disinfection approaches. âAs more and more ...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daphne Allen Tags: Business Source Type: news
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