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Nursing Informatics is the "science and practice (that) integrates nursing, its information and knowledge, with management of information and communication technologies to promote the health of people, families, and communities worldwide."  Informatics leads us to new discoveries such as this one, that has the opportunity to completely change healthcare settings, and patient outcomes for the better.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports around 1 in 25 hospital patients in the US have at least one infection contracted in the health care setting. The CDC estimates HAIs cause at least 1.7 million illnesses and 99,000 deaths in acute care. HAIs place a tremendous burden on patients and health care settings. Why would we not utilize a new technology such as this one that is easily accessible and reports to achieve a rate of at least 70% disinfection? This could play a huge impact on the reduction of HAIs and dollars spent in excessive health care cost. Indigo-clean has over 13 years of research put into it and I think it will become a leading innovation for health care technology in the near future.

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Technology discovered in 2002.
First used in 2008 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary
U.S Patent on the technology in 2013 and selected Kenall as exclusive licensee to commercialize it for North American healthcare market.
Introduced in 2015 at the annual meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

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The lights need to be operated in White Disinfection mode for 6 hours and Indigo-Disinfection mode for 12 hours in order to achieve a 70%+ disinfection.

Potential Cost

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Continuous vs. episodic disinfection

Automatically kills bacteria reducing risk of human error

Kills bacteria in the air, and on hard and soft surfaces

No special or additional training required

Uses 405nm visible light rather than harmful UV

Light is safe for patients and surfaces

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THE MH COMPANIES SPOTLIGHT: Kenall Indigo-Clean

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Today, Kenall has leadership positions in sealed lighting for containment or clean spaces, security lighting for detentions and architectural high abuse for architecturally sensitive public structures. The company has recently created and introduced product offerings for the specialized healthcare and transportation segments. To learn more about Kenall and Indigo-Clean, visit http://www.themhcompanies.com, or contact The MH Companies at 303.573.0222.

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• Enterococcus faecalis

• Staphylococcal Aureus

(including MRSA)

• Klebsiella pneumoniae

• Acinetobacter baumannii

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Enterobacter species

• E.coli

• Salmonella enteritidis

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Indigo-Clean continuously

disinfects the environment and bolsters your current infection prevention efforts.

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Current environmental disinfection methods are

applied at discrete moments in time (i.e. episodically).

The results of achieving a "clean room" are short-lived

as harmful bacteria re-populate the space

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Revolutionary New Technology to Continuously Disinfect the Environment:

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Revolutionary New Technology to Continuously Disinfect the Environment:

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Patented and proven

to kill harmful bacteria linked to hospital acquired infections (HAIs). Using a

combination of 405nm Indigo and White LEDs, Indigo-Clean emits narrow

spectrum light that kills bacteria while providing ambient illumination for

the space.