PATIENT SAFETY RESOURCES

Research & Insights for Safer Patient Care.

Explore Trinity Guardion white papers examining the overlooked role of mattresses, support surfaces and reprocessing practices in patient safety.

WHITE PAPERS Evidence that
informs action.

Research, clinical evidence and practical considerations for healthcare leaders.

INFECTION PREVENTION Understand contamination risk.
PATIENT SAFETY Examine the role of the patient surface.
REPROCESSING Evaluate current cleaning practices.
CLINICAL EVIDENCE Connect research to practice.

FEATURED RESOURCES

Patient Safety White Papers

Explore research and analysis addressing mattress contamination, hospital bed reprocessing and strategies designed to reduce environmental risk.

02 INFECTION PREVENTION

How Hospital Mattresses Undermine Patient Safety Efforts and What You Can Do About It

Explore evidence surrounding mattress contamination, terminal cleaning, healthcare-associated infections and alternative approaches to mattress reprocessing.

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03 BED REPROCESSING

How Mattresses Can Complicate Patient Safety Initiatives

Examine how mattress construction, disinfection, room-turnover demands and surface damage can create competing challenges for healthcare organizations.

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WHY THESE RESOURCES MATTER

The Patient Surface Is Part of the Infection-Prevention Environment.

Hospital mattresses and beds are high-contact patient surfaces that must be considered alongside other environmental infection-prevention strategies.

01
Mattress Contamination

Understand how contamination can remain on patient surfaces despite terminal cleaning.

02
Reprocessing Challenges

Examine the practical challenges associated with cleaning and disinfecting modern support surfaces.

03
Patient Safety

Explore research connecting the patient environment with infection risk.

04
Evidence-Based Solutions

Review approaches designed to provide a more repeatable and documented reprocessing process.

GO DEEPER

Explore the Clinical Evidence Behind Soteria®.

Review published studies, clinical findings and validation data related to mattress contamination, healthcare-associated infections and the Soteria Bed Barrier.

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RESEARCH From evidence
to implementation.

Explore the studies and findings supporting a different approach to hospital mattress protection and reprocessing.

TRINITY GUARDION

Ready to Rethink Mattress Protection & Reprocessing?

Learn how Soteria Bed Barrier and EcoSystem help healthcare organizations protect patient surfaces and create a more visible, repeatable process.