Ecolab Introduces New OptiPro™ Surgical Instrument Reprocessing Program to Improve Patient Safety
May 03 2010 - 11:17AM
Business Wire
Ecolab Inc. today announced the launch of its new OptiPro™
Instrument Reprocessing Program, a comprehensive approach to
instrument reprocessing that features Ecolab’s solid technology and
advanced formulations. The program is supported by Ecolab’s service
and training on industry best practices to achieve improved patient
outcomes and process standardization. The announcement was made at
the 2010 International Association of Healthcare Central Service
Material Management Annual Meeting in San Diego.
“Within hospitals, sterile processing departments perform the
vital task of cleaning the thousands of surgical instruments used
in patient care. However, they struggle with high personnel
turnover making training and effective products critical to their
success,” said Paul Chaffin, vice president and general manager,
Ecolab Healthcare North America. “Through the best-in-class
technology and service included in the OptiPro program, we can help
healthcare facilities obtain consistent quality outcomes and
optimize their instrument cleaning processes.”
To assure successful implementations, Ecolab developed a
comprehensive in-service program for continuing education as part
of the OptiPro program. Ecolab’s Best Practices Implementation
Package provides training in decontamination area processes, such
as point-of-use treatment, manual cleaning, ultrasonic cleaning,
automated washing and cart washing. Ecolab sterile processing
training modules follow AMMI (Association for the Advancement of
Medical Instrumentation) standards and include wall cards with
support materials to ensure consistent processes are followed.
The Ecolab OptiPro product portfolio provides a variety of
cleaning solutions such as pre-cleaners, manual cleaners and
automated washer detergents. It includes the OptiPro Solid
Enzymatic System, which leverages Ecolab’s solid product technology
to reduce packaging waste, weight, transportation and storage costs
to promote sustainability. This dual protease enzymatic system has
been developed for low and high temperatures of washer-disinfectors
to deliver optimum cleaning performance. The OptiPro solid system
uses color- and shape-coded blocks that help avoid chemical errors
and are easy to store and load.
With sales of $6 billion and more than 26,000 associates, Ecolab
Inc. (NYSE: ECL) is the global leader in cleaning, sanitizing, food
safety and infection prevention products and services. Ecolab
delivers comprehensive programs and services to foodservice, food
and beverage processing, healthcare, and hospitality markets in
more than 160 countries. More news and information is available at
www.ecolab.com.
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