Nursing Facilities
“At Village on the Isle Skilled Nursing Facility we have experienced a 90% reduction in facility-borne infections since we have had our resident rooms and common areas treated with the Nano Clean System.”
Tom Kelly, CEO
Village on the Isle
NanoHygienix’s primary goal is the reduction of HAIs/FAIs Healthcare Acquired/Facility Acquired Infections. It is crucial to keep your skilled nursing facility or Assisted Living Facility in a hygienic status to help prevent the spread of these costly and debilitating infections.
Burden of Infections among U.S. Nursing Home Residents
- 1.5 million long term care and nursing home infections occur every year
- 27,000 nursing home residents have antibiotic-resistant infections1
- 2 out of every 3 nursing home residents receive at least one course of antibiotics annually 2
- 250,000 nursing home residents have infections 3
- 1.6 million people live in nursing homes 4
* wound infections, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, or pneumonia
The NanoHygienix NCS System in your skilled nursing facility
- Provides photocatalytic coatings on all surfaces
- Greatly improves the microbe-based hygiene of all surfaces in your facility Treated surfaces continuously combat against viruses, bacteria, and mold
- Including Staph, MRSA, Flu Viruses, Ecoli, Salmonella, C. diff
- Dramatically improves overall indoor air quality of your home or facility and thus further reduces the opportunity for community-borne microbial infection vectors
- Our system can be used on virtually any surface
- Once treated the surface becomes “self-cleaning”
References:
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Long Term Care Minimum Data Set, Resident Profile Table as of 05/02/2005. Baltimore, MD.
- Loeb, M et.al. Antibiotic use in Ontario facilities that provide chronic care. J Gen Intern Med 2001; 16: 376-383.
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Long Term Care Minimum Data Set, Resident Profile Table as of 05/02/2005. Baltimore, MD.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 1999 National Nursing Home Survey. Nursing Home Residents, number, percent distribution, and rate per 10,000, by age at interview, according to sex, race, and region: United States, 1999.
