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NHS News: Hospital pillow audit tool launched

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...
SleepAngel attends Arab Health 2014

SleepAngel attends Arab Health 2014

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...
Reducing HCAI’s Conference: A journey to zero tolerance

Reducing HCAI’s Conference: A journey to zero tolerance

As the trust strives to reduce infection rates, one of the most insidious pockets of resistance is the hospital bedding. Live organisms harvested from a typical hospital pillow include MRSA, C Difficile, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and many more. Coming into intimate...
Pillow aims to halt spread of superbugs

Pillow aims to halt spread of superbugs

Gabriel Scientific has invented a pillow that may help to reduce the risk of picking up a hospital-acquired infection (HAI) such as MRSA from lying on contaminated bedding. Gabriel Scientific’s “SleepAngel” pillow was the subject of a clinical trial by Barts and the...