Simplify hospital mattress disinfection and reprocessing with the Soteria Bed Barrier.
The Soteria Bed Barrier is the only FDA-cleared microbiological barrier that provides a protective physical barrier to protect the hospital bed and mattress from patient soiling. Clinical studies indicate Soteria helps to reduce contamination that can transmit Healthcare-Acquired Infections (HAIs) including CMS-designated Never Events.
The Soteria Bed Barrier is launderable and reusable, and available for beds used throughout healthcare facilities.
It provides a level of clean equivalent to FDA 2015 reprocessing requirements for high level disinfection (log 6 or 99.9999% kill of both vegetative bacteria and mycobacteria, as well as spore reduction).
Mattress and bed deck reprocessing time is significantly reduced using Soteria because its disinfecting-equivalency step happens in the laundry, not during room turn-over.
Whether you are looking for a Manufacturer’s-IFU-Compliant approach to reduce room turn-time by Environmental Services or are seeking assistance to improve patient safety, talk to Trinity Guardion about how the Soteria Bed Barrier can help.
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PROBLEM / SOLUTION FOR HOSPITAL MATTRESS
AND COMPATIBLE BED DECKS
There are dozens of published clinical studies that indicate that hospital beds and mattresses, even after terminal cleaning at patient discharge, are not really Clean. Likewise, there are dozens of studies that prove that “unclean” beds are associated with transmission of HAIs.
Despite repeated emphasis on the importance of mattress and bed reprocessing and disinfection by FDA, CDC, CMS, the AMA, ECRI, and the Joint Commission, it remains a problem. Just in the spring of 2024, the Veteran’s Administration issued a Patient Safety Advisory:
“Undetected fluid ingress and egress from inpatient and outpatient mattresses can lead to hospital-associated infections, patient tissue degradation, and/or patient death.”
Healthcare facilities throughout the country are challenged every day with keeping patients safe from the #1 patient touchpoint in a facility – the hospital mattress.
IMPACT OF SOTERIA® LAUNDRY CYCLE
Soteria is designed to make it easier for healthcare facilities to help keep patients safe by minimizing contagious pathogens and spores remaining after terminal cleaning. It does this via a validated laundry process which provides a high-level disinfectant-equivalent level of clean (Log 6 or 99.9999%).
Further, it provides a barrier between patient and mattress to reduce opportunities for patient bodily fluids and/or wound exudate to contaminate the mattress. And it does this without increasing pressure injuries.
Moreover, this added level of safety to reduce HAI transmission from hospital mattresses is even simpler and less time-consuming to reprocess.
SOTERIA OFFERINGS FOR HOSPITAL MATTRESSES
Soteria Bed Barriers are available for all healthcare beds produced by major manufacturers such as Hill-Rom, Stryker, and others.
Additionally, Soteria Neonatal Mattress Barriers are available for neonatal warmers and incubators produced by major manufacturers. In fact, the Soteria Neotal Mattress Barrier is listed as an option in the GE Healthcare Manufacturer Instructions for Use for its Giraffe and Panda products.
If you do not see your specific beds and mattresses listed as an offering, please click here for a follow-up phone call.
THE BENEFITS
Soteria simplifies hospital mattress reprocessing, saving time in room turn-time while providing a log 6 or high-level disinfection equivalency for enhanced patient safety.
THE PROOFS FOR SOTERIA BED BARRIERS
In a randomized clinical study, Soteria was proven to reduce mattress pathogens significantly at terminal cleaning as opposed to sheets alone.
Comparison of Soteria MIFU reprocessing time vs a bed manufacturer MIFU for a leading hospital bed shows about a 10-minute time savings with Soteria in reprocessing versus the standard MIFU, no matter the disinfectant used.
A peer-reviewed clinical study demonstrated use of Soteria reduced C.diff by approximately 50% into LTAC hospital units; these units were considered to have low levels of C.diff prior to the study.
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Soteria Bed Barrier for Compatible Hospital Beds and Hospital Mattresses.
