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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2009
Sally K. Swart, Rosemount, MN (US);
Ryan D. Meek, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Kirsten M. Thompson, Northfield, MN (US);
Kimberly Severin Johnston, St. Paul Park, MN (US);
Henry L. Carbone, Ii, St. Paul, MN (US);
Scott P. Lyon, Eagan, MN (US);
John R. Bucholz, Woodbury, MN (US);
Sally K. Swart, Rosemount, MN (US);
Ryan D. Meek, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Kirsten M. Thompson, Northfield, MN (US);
Kimberly Severin Johnston, St. Paul Park, MN (US);
Henry L. Carbone, II, St. Paul, MN (US);
Scott P. Lyon, Eagan, MN (US);
John R. Bucholz, Woodbury, MN (US);
Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified.