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Resurgent Health and Medical Announces That Weirton Medical Center Has Ordered 11 CleanTech Automated Handwashing Systems

Posted on: Monday, 14 April 2008, 09:01 CDT

Resurgent Health and Medical, a leader in automated handwashing and sanitizing technology, announced today that Weirton Medical Center has purchased 10 CleanTech IC handwashing systems. The community hospital has had a CleanTech unit since January and ordered an additional 10 systems to use throughout the entire facility. Locations include inpatient units and critical care, in addition to public areas including near the main lobby and outside the cafeteria for use by visitors, patients and staff.

"We love the CleanTech machine and we have been thrilled with the response from our staff, patients and visitors. Our number one priority is to increase hand hygiene compliance rates. Our mission is to always provide quality care and this is just another step in our efforts to offer safe, effective, quality health care services," said Diane Wiegmann, RN, MEd, CPHQ, and Administrator at Weirton Medical Center.

The CleanTech touchless system performs a fully-automated twelve-second wash, sanitize and rinse cycle. Using Meritech's proprietary Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) sanitizing solution, the single cycle removes over 99.9% of pathogens and continues to kill germs for up to six hours. The FDA certified CHG-based sanitizer contains mild skin conditioners to continuously improve skin health while removing dangerous germs.

The system further boosts compliance by ensuring a pleasant, uniform handwash using high-pressure water jets that perform a consistent wash-and-sanitize cycle every time the machines are used.

About Weirton Medical Center

Weirton Medical Center is a 238 bed, non-profit, acute-care, general community hospital located in the city of Weirton in Brooke County, West Virginia. Weirton Medical Center offers health care services to the residents of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Today, the Hospital is located on a 23-acre campus adjacent to US Route 22 and is located approximately five miles from Steubenville, Ohio and 35 miles from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

For more information, call Weirton Medical Center at 304-797-6000.

About Resurgent Health & Medical

Resurgent Health and Medical delivers state of the art employee hygiene technologies to hospitals and healthcare facilities that are serious about infection prevention and the elimination of dangerous pathogens in the healthcare industry. Our patented CleanTech® infection prevention technology brings science and precision to the process of removing dangerous microbes from employee hands. For almost 20 years, its Cleantech® brand systems have been used worldwide in agriculture, food processing, food service, cleanroom manufacturing and healthcare. CleanTech uses up to 75% less water than manual handwashing, discharges 75% less wastewater, and reduces waste in soap utilization. For more information, visit http://www.resurgenthealth.com.

Source: Business Wire

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