Muskegon, MI, June 1, 2018: Geerpres® is an official partner with VirtualMgr, an EVS (environmental services) software management program. The Virtual Manager Healthclean Software Program provides real-time insight for impact on productivity and EVS outcomes. Geerpres® EVS carts can be fitted to hold tablets equipped with the software, linking employees and supervisors.
The software also helps increase HCAHPS scores and decrease HAIs. The tool increases employee productivity and accountability, provides access to data and analytics, manages workloads, ensures best practice methods, and promotes a safer environment. Paired with Geerpres® EVS carts, EVS managers and front-line employees now have the best physical and online tools to clean productively, safely and efficiently.
Benefits of Virtual Mgr’s HealthClean Pro Software
Increase the quality and cleanliness of the facility
Immediate two-way communication between supervisor and employee
Proof of quality tool, acknowledges extra efforts of employee
Online/critical information keeps employee empowered, better managed
Reduces the need for direct supervision
Assists supervisor productivity by reduction of paperwork, lost time
Improved reporting and documentation of incidents, delays or changes in assignments
Productivity and service quality improve concurrently
Built-in e-learning component
Geerpres® EVS carts are uniquely designed for the changing standards of healthcare and critical environment cleaning. In addition to the Virtual Manager software, all carts are equipped to transport and house Advantex® cleaning products like single-use mops, wipes and the Advantex® G8 Microfiber Application System. The entire Advantex® product line is systematically designed for all healthcare/clinical, terminal, cleanroom, and food service applications.
A recent study evaluated laundered microfiber mops from eleven hospitals and found that 27.3% of the newly laundered mops contained microbial contamination, including HAI pathogens.
Laundry considerations: The typical hot water temperature in the laundering process specifies 160°F-200°F for microfiber mops or cloths and excludes the use of bleach unless necessary. Bleach is required for a cold-water laundering method at
5-150 ppm.
A myopic view simply focuses on waste (disposable products) going in a landfill. In reality, laundered products require transportation and a carbon footprint that includes using energy, water, and chemicals to be effective.
Single-use mops use half the chemicals resulting in less waste and efficient cleaning. Overall, the life cycle is better for the environment than laundered mops.
Geerpres® understands the importance of environmental impact related to cleaning products; however, patient care and safety ultimately must come first.
Many hospitals are moving to single-use microfiber mops and wipes to help reduce the risk of HAIs from floor surfaces. Single-use mops remove the potential of cross-contamination with virgin microfiber in every use while eliminating the risk of efficacy degradation through microfiber structural breakdown or pathogen retainage in the mop, as a result of an inadequate laundering process.
Key Findings
Synthetic, disposable (single-use) mops and wipes represent a minimal footprint and should be considered against the laundering process and its waste and energy implications.
Factors to consider include single-use microfiber mops use less water and energy by eliminating the laundering cycle.
Recently, Sanitary Maintenance announced that the Geepres® Linen Hamper was chosen as a top 40 product in the Distributor Choice Awards. Sanitary Maintenance continues to highlight the Linen Hamper in their product watch feature section.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee have for years held a position that disinfection of hard-floor surfaces in health care facilities is unnecessary, with limited exceptions provided for operating rooms and some isolation precaution patient rooms.
However, the increasing occurrences of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), unexpected antimicrobial shortages occurring around the world that affect U.S. health care facilities, and a significant lack of new antimicrobials are leading health care facilities and researchers to question that position.
The ballots have been returned. And the votes have been counted. Sanitary Maintenance is proud to announce the winners of its fifth annual Distributor Choice Award, presented by Epicor Software Corporation. From a field of more than 300 entries, distributors picked their favorite 40 products and it includes the Geerpres Linen Hamper.
