One of the more colourful hospital pillow photographs to have been submitted to us. This pillow was beyond cleaning and disinfection and was rightfully condemned. Infection control are aware of the risk with hospital pillows but are the counter measures in place to...
Research presented in Washington DC at the ASM’s 54th ICAAC held from September 5-9, 2014 found rapid virus spread from contamination of just a single doorknob or table top. The research used surrogate “tracer” viruses. Within 2 to 4 hours these could be...
Infection Prevention Society (IPS) will host its annual conference from 29 Sep to 1 Oct in Glasgow. SleepAngel will attend and exhibit as part of sharing practice through the NHS healthcare system. Infection control staff are invited to see our educational slide set...
BBC Health reports on the current state of the war on multi drug resistant organisms or “superbugs” for short. The feature examines the development of superbugs and the challenges posed by human and farming practices and a decreasing pipeline of new...
As part of advancing education and sharing best practice, UK NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups are sharing learnings from the Hospital Pillow Audit and Equipment Selection programme developed by Infection Control personnel at Royal Liverpool Hospital and supported by...
Reducing HCAI Conference, 24 June, 2014. Mermaid Theatre, London As part of supporting the education and development of infection control healthcare professionals, SleepAngel participated in the recent Reducing HCAI Conference, 2014. We were pleased to welcome a...
Reducing HCAI Conference, 24 June, 2014. Mermaid Theatre, London As part of supporting the education and development of infection control healthcare professionals, SleepAngel participated in the recent Reducing HCAI Conference, 2014. We were pleased to welcome a...
Infection Control staff at Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust co-developed with SleepAngel, a simple to use pillow audit tool that will allow healthcare professionals to check the condition of hospital pillows and take remedial action where...
Freeman Hospital, part of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has converted it’s complete provision of medical pillows to SleepAngel.
SleepAngel was invited to attend the Arab Health Show 2014 as part of a wider recognition in the region of the need for improved medical barrier bedding. Infection Control and Tissue Viability staff from regional hospitals met with SleepAngel representatives to learn...
