Tag: Infection Control

UTI Reductions through Bathing

February 23, 2012 | Tags: Infection Control, Ultraviolet, Bathing System, Water Purification, Prevention, Treatment | Permalink

What if your bathing system could actually help reduce the infection rates among your resident population? What sort of impact would that have on your residents, staff, census and bottom line? When you analyze the numbers, you may be surprised.

For over fifteen years Apollo has been promoting our patented Remedy® Ultraviolet Light Water Purification System. I have played a part in that for over thirteen years, and believe that this system is the single most significant infection control advancement ever in healthcare bathing.

In short, the Remedy® System is an FDA-approved infection control device that incorporates proven UV technology. Some of the benefits this system provides include nosocomial infection reductions among residents of up to 50% and a minimized need to chemically disinfect between baths. These benefits were proven through independent studies and actual nursing homes participating in lengthy...

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October 25, 2011 | Tags: Infection Control, Water Purification, Ultraviolet, Apollo Cream | Permalink

Bathing Area Conditions that Affect Infection Control

October 05, 2011 | Tags: Infection Control, Air Spa | Permalink

The bathing room itself impacts the infection control issues with air spa bathing systems. These conditions affect the very air quality and can debunk some air spa manufacturer’s claims that their air spas circulate “clean, dry air” through their air lines.

Very often, bathing areas also include a toilet and shower area. Studies have proven that the flushing of a toilet forces millions of harmful bacteria, including e-coli and strep into the air where they can be inhaled by residents and staff. Similarly, shower stalls generate considerable steam and splashing action, causing an “aerosol effect” that also contributes to millions of bacteria becoming airborne. Finally, the bathing systems themselves cause an aerosol effect whereby bacteria that are released into the water during a bath – having come off the resident’s body or off of improperly cleaned equipment – become airborne and inhaled by both the resident...

Apollo Incorporates Proven UV Technology to Maximize Infection Control

October 02, 2011 | Tags: Ultraviolet, Water Purification, Infection Control | Permalink

Bacteria and other harmful pathogens pose a serious risk to those being bathed in a health care setting. These pathogens can come from the surfaces of improperly cleaned and disinfected bathing equipment or “cross-contamination,” and from the residents themselves, or “self-infection”. Apollo, with its patented Remedy® ultraviolet light water purification system is the only bathing system manufacturer that can address both of these issues.

Swab samples taken after a series of baths indicated that bathing systems equipped with the Remedy® UV system and cleaned with Apollo’s Turbo Clean™ bathing system cleaner and detergent cultured approximately one-third fewer colony forming units than other brands of tubs that had been chemically disinfected.

Similarly, while no other bathing system on the market can address the self-infection issue, Apollo systems equipped with the Remedy® UV system can kill up to 99.9% of the...