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Pathogen Pouch is an integrated pathogen management tool to help healthcare providers to drive safety and savings within their organization. Our products are proven to help and we seek  this to become the standard of care.

How does the Pathogen Pouch work?

  • Reduce The Risk of infectious organisms (MRSA, C. dificile, flu viruses) spreading from contaminated disposable gowns and gloves onto skin, equipment, and other surfaces that contribute to the risk of contact transmission to healthcare staff, patients, and visitors.
  • Reduce Waste Volume as a gown, wrapped into a small package, avoids the unsightly appearance of waste receptacles commonly overflowing with used, contaminated gowns. This provides a comforting sign of cleanliness to patients and visitors.
  • Easy Monitoring of Compliance with the best practices for de-gowning and disposal. A used gown wrapped in the Pathogen Pouch has a distinctive “can’t miss” appearance.
  • A Safe and Simple Process allows gloves to be removed and bundled deep within the Pathogen Pouch without skin contact. The entire de-gowning process is accomplished by touching only the unexposed, inside of the gown.

Clinical Results

The Pathogen Pouch, integrated into an isolation gown (called GoGown), was used in a clinical trial at The University of Michigan hospital system. The following report summarizes the results.

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National Survey Demonstrating the Need for Pathogen Pouch

Survey Structure

Infection Sources

Infection Sources

200 Professional Nurses (including 32 infection control leaders and operating room nurse managers) from different regions of the United States were surveyed with respect to their experience with hospital gowns and hospital site cleanliness.

Infection Sources

Infection Sources

Infection Sources

100% said used disposable isolation gowns in hospitals are potential sources for spreading infection.

Quality of Care

Infection Sources

Overflowing Gowns

100% said patients and their families feel more comfortable with the quality of their care when the health care site appears clean.

Overflowing Gowns

Pathogen Pouch Wanted

Overflowing Gowns

98.3% said waste receptacles and containers are typically filled to overflowing with used isolation gowns.

Pathogen Pouch Wanted

Pathogen Pouch Wanted

Pathogen Pouch Wanted

98% would like to use a new disposable isolation gown, if it could safely and quickly fold into a small bundle, one that decreases trash volume, decreases the risk of touching contaminated disposed gowns and offers a cleaner patient environment.

Costs at VA Hospitals Between $20k-$128k per Infection

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Resources

For additional information on infection control and related innovation, check out the following links:

  1. Gurses, A P, Dietz, A S, Nowakowski, E, et al. (2019). Human factors-based risk analysis to improve the safety of doffing enhanced personal protective equipment. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , 40, 178-186.
  2. Herlihey, T A, Gelmi, S, Flewwelling, C J, et al. (2016). Personal Protective Equipment for Infectious Disease Preparedness: A Human Factors Evaluation. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , 37, 1022-1028.
  3. Okamoto, K, Rhee Y, Schoeny M, et al. (2019). Impact of doffing errors on healthcare worker self-contamination when caring for patients on contact precautions. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , 40, 559-565.
  4. Press Ganey 2016. Environmental Services: Delivering on the Patient Centered Promise. Accessed 11/23/2019.
  5. Merlino J, Kutteh  B, Environmental services and the patient-centered promise. Health facilities Management. Accessed on 11/23/2019 at https://www.hfmmagazine.com/articles/2644-es-and-the-patient-centered-promise.
  6. Mulvey D, Mayer J, Visnovsky L, et al. (2019). Frequent and unexpected deviations from personal protective equipment guidelines increase contamination risks. American Journal of Infection Control, 47, 1146-1147.

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