Preventing Infectious Disease with the CoreSTOR™ Patient Server

I recently took a field trip to Appleton Wisconsin to see our CoreSTOR™ Patient Server in action!

The visit was prompted by a presentation I had recently given to a local design firm, during which I was asked how a hospital could store supplies in a patient room without actually contaminating the room or infecting the next patient to stay in that room. Not being familiar with these aspects of Healthcare facility design, I was totally stumped.

So I headed north to see why and how this product has been so successful for the Appleton Medical Center and their Collaborative Care Model.

After my tour and discussions with the Appleton Medical Center’s staff I have a much clearer understanding of how the CoreSTOR units can be used even when a patient is seriously ill and there is a threat of spreading infection.

First and foremost, the patient server was designed to sit outside of the four-foot radius that houses droplets and airborne contaminants (according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines).

This is the main reason a patient server can still sit within a patient’s room, and yet not become contaminated.

These additional steps were also implemented to prevent the spread of any infectious disease when using the patient server:

- No entry is allowed into the patient server while wearing the same gloves used to treat the patient.

- Gel, sinks and glove disposal have all become part of a visual queuing system to remind nurses to dispose of gloves and wash hands before entry into the CoreSTOR.

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Not only are patients recovering quicker at the Appleton Medical Center, but staff says:

- 92% of the items are now in the patient room
- There are rules the staff must follow with the server
- Tag what needs to be re-stocked.

- Materials management orders today for what they need tomorrow and now stocks on a seven-day rotation instead of five.

- Nurses site less fatigue (from running all day) as the biggest win of the new system

- Materials Management staff sites feeling like a part of the patient care team as the biggest win of the new system.

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