Updated September 17, 2024 Infection control during hospital construction is non-negotiable. With vulnerable patients and staff at risk, healthcare facilities need robust, reliable solutions for containing dust and debris. Operating rooms, ICUs, NICUs, burn units, sterile processing departments, and many other areas—they all ...
Maintaining Patient Satisfaction During Healthcare Renovation Projects
Ubiquitous distribution of airborne pathogens has the potential to produce severe disease in immunocompromised patients posing a serious health risk whenever there is disruptive activity, such as a renovation project. Ironically, erecting ICRA Containment Dust Barriers, which are essential in protecting patients prior to any ...
STARC Project Showcase - CMMC
Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) of Lewiston, Maine is a member of the Central Maine Healthcare Group which is the largest Healthcare employer in Central Maine. CMMC is a Regional Resource Hospital serving over 400,000 people in Central and Mid Coast Maine and providing Primary, Emergency and Specialty Care throughout the ...
Infection Prevention in Hospitals
Once again, the majority of the nation’s hospitals are being penalized by Medicare for having patients frequently return within a month of discharge — this time losing a combined $420 million, government records show. In the fourth year of federal readmission penalties, 2,592 hospitals will receive lower payments for every ...
9 Ways STARC Systems Is Improving Healthcare Construction Containment
The STARC System was developed to meet the need to significantly improve the performance of construction containment in the healthcare environment, while reducing material, installation, decommissioning and labor costs associated with temporary containment.
Temporary Containment Cost Analysis-Drywall vs. Poly Barrier vs. The STARC System
We get asked the question a lot so we decided to break down the true cost of the three major temporary containment methods used today.