Mission:
To prevent nosocomial infections
Every year in Europe, around 3.2 million hospital patients become sick with Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI); and 37,000 of these patients die because of HAIs. It is the effect of the “post antibiotic era”, as defined by the scientific community; an effect so serious, it has moved the World Health Organisation and the European Parliament to act with urgency.
With a significant investment in science and technology research, the innovative stable hygiene system PCHS® was created to effectively combat the proliferation of nosocomial infections.
Copma scrl, an international leader in environmental and health sanitation is able to make a contribution of great importance, thanks to a structured methodology and its commitment to specialised research.
PCHS® has a dual purpose: to produce hygiene and to reduce infections. To make hospitals a place where people heal and don’t get sick again, and to improve people’s quality of life.
Environmental hygiene services
“Oggi possiamo affermare con grande soddisfazione che l’ambiente circostante continuerà ad influenzarci. Questa volta, in positivo.”
PCHS® for controlling nosocomial infections:
THE PRINCIPLE
Its outcomes scientifically document the fundamental contribution of the PCHS® system in achieving results of revolutionary value: the use of PCHS® reduces infections by 52%.
PCHS® is the fundamental principle which reduces the transmission of nosocomial infections in real terms. For this to happen on a large scale, and widely in healthcare, it is necessary to:
- promote community awareness and public opinion
- develop a culture of hygiene
- adopt effective and scientifically proven sanitisation method in hospitals.
PCHS® is a safe system, based on natural biological competition activated by specific techniques. It is governed by a method combining economics, scientific process and quality control. The synergy of several factors enables the maximum action of micro-organisms in PCHS® for the control of environmental microbial contamination, and the production of hygiene. It’s the stable hygiene system which overcomes the traditional concept of temporary hygiene based on disinfectants, and acts in medical environments in a new way, through a technique of bio-stabilisation.
In June 2017, a multicentre research project, involving five universities, was concluded. The research was conducted on a sample of 13,000 patients at seven hospitals.
THE PCHS® SYSTEM for healthcare facilities sanitation
Growing hygiene prevening infection: the pchs® system is the new protagonist in the healthcare chain
Environmental impact
ZERO CO2
With the PCHS we produce outcomes respecting environmental sustainability; less waste, less consumption of materials, less chemicals defined as hazardous, less use of energy and water resources.
Environmental performances are designed and certified in accordance with CAM (Minimum Environmental Criteria) and in line with the Green Economy Law of 28 December 2015.
An environmental policy with zero impact generates value. The model provides for the maximum reduction of Co2 through the identification of the environmental footprint and the measurement of the impact on the environment.
An eco-sustainable strategy minimises Co2 emissions and enables compensatory measures, such as the planting of trees, the purchase of green energy and the participation in international projects against global warming.
Inspections and certifications
GUARANTEED QUALITY
Certification results in a Guarantee System: quality control takes place applying certification systems indicated in the Operational Protocols. The service is checked both at process and result level, on the basis of the procedures of self-control and compliance to:
- Quality system Uni En Iso 9001:2008
-> customer satisfaction - Health and safety management system OHSAS 18001:2007
-> occupational safety and health protection - Social responsibility system SA 8000:2008
-> employment protection for business and workers - Environmental management system ISO 14001:2004
-> maximum reduction of polluting factors - Anmdo-Cermet Standard
-> good practices of cleaning and disinfection in healthcare facilities - PCHS® Standard compliance Indicators
-> detection of microbiological parameters and PCHS® system
Process government
THE ADVANTAGES OF THE PCHS® SYSTEM
ACC Portal is an interactive tool that allows the exchange of information between customer and technical staff, based on 4 levels of control: economic, technical, service and quality.
In this way:
- communication times decrease, and service quality indexes increase
- customers can log-on anytime, and from any device, to any information, in full transparency
- users can only access information of their specific interest, thanks to a recording that categorises access
Bio competition
PCHS® BIO-STABLE HYGIENE
PCHS® bio-stable hygiene:
- controls environmental microbial contamination and the production of hygiene
- combats the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria
- stabilises potentially pathogenic charge at low levels
- abates microbial ecosystem resistance
- reduces the transmission of nosocomial infections
Materials and equipment
MAXIMUM TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE
Designed and produced together with leading universities and industry-leading manufacturing companies, the equipment and materials offer maximum technical performance and better compliance, to be used as per Operational Protocols.
The operational flexibility of PWR CLEAN 100 allows for extraordinary results thanks to the maximum evolution of microfibre. PWR DAMP 100 makes sweeping a high value operation having maximum effectiveness.
Training system
PCHS® HYGIENE OPERATOR®
Hygiene culture is the basis for innovative management.
That’s why each training path explores the uniqueness of every reality.
The certificate of “PCHS® Hygiene Operator” is issued after a general training on PCHS® system and a specific one on Operational protocols. These provide operational, regulatory and communicative contents.
The training of each employee is registered and updated on the ACC portal.
