Infection prevention
Reprocessing keeps individual instruments safe; infection prevention is the wider set of practices that keeps the whole facility from spreading disease — hand hygiene, disinfected surfaces, protective equipment, and the audits that prove all of it is happening. This catalog does not currently have verified products for this layer — the five clusters below are described for reference only.
The five clusters
A short, factual overview of what each cluster covers — not a claim that we stock any of it yet.
Hand Hygiene
Alcohol-based hand rubs, medicated soaps, and wall- or bed-mounted dispensers positioned at the point of care — still the single most effective lever against healthcare-associated infection.
- Alcohol-based rubs act faster than soap and water for routine point-of-care use
- WHO's "5 moments" framework defines exactly when hand hygiene should happen
- Dispenser placement at the point of care measurably improves compliance rates
- Considered the single highest-impact intervention against healthcare-associated infection
Surface & Environmental Disinfection
Ready-to-use wipes, sprays, and no-touch systems (UV-C, hydrogen peroxide vapor/fogging) for terminal cleaning of rooms, equipment, and high-touch surfaces between patients.
- Contact time (wet time) on the label determines actual disinfection efficacy
- No-touch systems like UV-C or vapor fogging reach shadowed areas manual wiping misses
- High-touch surfaces (bed rails, door handles) need more frequent disinfection cycles
- Terminal cleaning between patients is distinct from routine daily surface wiping
Personal Protective Equipment
Examination and surgical gloves, medical masks and respirators, gowns, and eye or face protection — the barrier layer between staff and infectious material.
- Glove material choice (nitrile, latex, vinyl) depends on task and allergy risk
- Respirators (N95/FFP2) filter airborne particles; medical masks do not
- Gowns are rated by fluid-resistance level matched to procedure risk
- Correct doffing sequence matters as much as donning to avoid self-contamination
Isolation & Barrier Precautions
Curtains, signage, cart-mounted precaution kits, and door-station supplies used to contain transmission once a patient is placed on isolation.
- Precaution type (contact, droplet, airborne) determines which barriers are required
- Cart-mounted kits keep gowns, gloves, and masks staged right outside the room
- Signage communicates precaution type to staff and visitors before they enter
- Removed only once the patient no longer meets isolation criteria
Surveillance & Compliance Monitoring
Electronic hand hygiene monitoring, audit checklists, and healthcare-associated infection (HAI) tracking tools that turn policy into measurable practice.
- Electronic monitoring systems track hand hygiene events automatically, not by observation alone
- Audit checklists standardize what's measured across shifts and units
- HAI tracking connects infection rates back to specific units or procedures over time
- Data feeds back into staff training and policy adjustment, not just reporting
Not yet in the catalog
We don't have verified hand hygiene, disinfection, PPE, or compliance-monitoring products listed yet. Rather than show placeholder products, we'd rather be direct about it — if you're sourcing for this category, the request form routes your enquiry to our team even without a matching catalog listing.
Send a sourcing requestRelated guides
Hand hygiene: when alcohol-based rub is enough, and when it isn't
Alcohol-based hand rub is faster, gentler on skin, and effective against most organisms encountered in routine care — except the specific cases where it does almost nothing, and soap and water is the only option that actually works.
Infection PreventionStandard Precautions and PPE selection: matching protection to the task, not the diagnosis
Standard Precautions apply to every patient, every time — the decision that actually changes from encounter to encounter isn't whether to take precautions, but which PPE the specific task in front of you calls for.
Infection PreventionTransmission-Based Precautions: the three categories, and what each one actually adds
Standard Precautions is the floor for every patient encounter. Contact, droplet, and airborne precautions are separate, additive layers triggered by a specific suspected or confirmed pathogen — and each one changes a different part of the routine, not just 'more PPE.'
Infection prevention runs alongside reprocessing rather than through it — the CSSD workflow is the closest part of the catalog with verified products.
See the CSSD workflow