Infection Control

Post Medical’s line of Sharps Container Cabinets are specifically designed for clinical environments with infection mitigating features

Touchless Disposal

By eliminating touch contamination and waste repositioning, the VERTICAL DROP METHOD is known to be the safest method of sharps disposal

Easy to Clean

Post Medical believes easy-to-clean cabinets are an important consideration. Sanitizing stainless or powder coated steel material with beveled corners and minimal recessed surfaces using facility approved disinfectants is made easy

Antibacterial

403 Stainless Steel is the industry standard for protection against bacterial adhesion and microcolony formation

Joint Commission Recommendations

Joint Commission (2018). Environmental Infection Prevention: Guidance for Continuously Maintaining a Safe Patient Care and Survey-Ready Environment. Joint Commission Resources, page 4

Review manufacturers’ instructions and relevant national guidelines before purchasing equipment so that you are confident that the equipment can be properly disinfected and will not pose a patient or health care worker safety risk. Here are some considerations when purchasing equipment and disinfectants:

Can the equipment be cleaned and disinfected with a chemical already approved for use in your organization? Or does the equipment require introduction of and education on a new chemical?
Are all surfaces of the equipment able to be disinfected? For example, are there minimal crevices?
Does the equipment have components that may rust or deteriorate with repeated cleaning and disinfection?

Joint Commission

Environmental Infection Prevention: Guidance for Continuously Maintaining a Safe Patient Care and Survey-Ready Environment

Joint Commission (2018). Environmental Infection Prevention: Guidance for Continuously Maintaining a Safe Patient Care and Survey-Ready Environment. Joint Commission Resources.

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

High-touch surfaces: microbial neighbours at hand

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2017). High-touch surfaces microbial neighbours at hand.

American Chemical Society Omega

Role of the Surface Nanoscale Roughness of Stainless Steel on Bacterial Adhesion and Microcolony Formation

Songmei Wu, Stefanie Altenried, Andi Zogg, Flavia Zuber, Katharina Maniura-Weber, and Qun Ren ACS Omega 2018 3 (6), 6456-6464 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00769

American Journal of Infection Control

Self-disinfecting surfaces: Review of current methodologies and future prospects

Weber, David J (2013). Self-disinfecting surfaces Review of current methodologies and future prospects. American Journal of Infection Control.