Le parcours de Medismart Container

Lorsque nous avons entrepris de créer un conteneur pour objets tranchants "sûr", nous étions loin de nous douter du voyage dans lequel nous allions nous embarquer. Ce que nous allions apprendre au cours de dix années d'essais cliniques et de recherche, de recherche et développement de conception, de tests microbiologiques et de cartographie des mouvements, c'est que la solution à la sécurité et à la prévention des risques liés à l'élimination des objets tranchants et piquants n'était pas seulement "un conteneur", c'était bien plus que cela

 

Avançons rapidement de plus de 30&nbsp ;et ce que vous voyez à l'appui de ce "conteneur" est une gamme de plus de 50 accessoires de montage et de mouvement conçus pour la réduction des risques et l'efficacité, plus de 5 articles de journaux évalués par des pairs prouvant indiscutablement la supériorité de la conception et du processus, des machines robotisées de plusieurs millions de dollars soutenant un processus de lavage de réduction de la charge bactérienne qui est inégalé dans le monde entier, des liquides de nettoyage exclusifs, respectueux de l'environnement et exempts de produits chimiques nocifs, des stratégies complètes de tri des déchets et des solutions de transport en vrac qui respectent les mêmes impératifs de sécurité et de prévention des infections, que ce soit dans une unité de soins, dans un camion ou à l'arrière d'un quai de chargement. Le conteneur Sharpsmart n'est que la pointe de l'iceberg Daniels... 

Le conteneur Sharpsmart n'est que la pointe de l'iceberg Daniels..

 

Explorons donc un parcours potentiel de conteneurs au sein d'un hôpital de centre-ville.... 

 

Container is Delivered
by a Daniels Transporter

Our container is delivered in a bulk transporter to a customers’ loading dock. In transport, the containers are suspended by multiple-tiered rails fixed onto the inner walls of the transporter. Containers are secured upright by interlocking rail hooks on the back of each container, and rails are vertically spaced to ensure containers do not impact each other in transport.

Travels through the Hospital
via Internal Delivery Cart

Once off-loaded from the truck, our container is moved into the hospitals' clinical environment via a bulk delivery cart. Evenly spaced pegs across two horizontal rails firmly affix to a design recess in the side of each container. The equal-depth design of all Daniels 64-Series containers enables a flexible combination of multiple container sizes being transported, whilst again achieving off-floor suspension and fixed upright movement. Multi-container transport reduces labour and alleviates the pressure on internal service lifts and narrow corridors.

Stored on a Daniels Wallsmart

Adhering to the practice of storing empty containers at ward level, this hospital opts to store multiple collectors in its utility room to efficiently cater for the ward’s high volume turnover. Two Daniels’ Wallsmart panels have been fixed-mounted to one of the internal walls enabling the direct transfer of containers from the internal delivery cart to suspended wall mounting. Utilising once again the peg system that has been designed for interlocking Daniels containers, the Wallsmart peg system enables multiple container combinations and easily identifiable ‘empty/full’ container separation if used as a transfer area.

 

Moved & Positioned
using the AccessSmart Trolley

When an empty Medismart container is required at ward level, the nurse or internal field service technician transports bulk containers via an internal delivery cart, or alternately, in the case of our container, mobilises a single unit on a Daniels AccessSmart trolley for bedside use. Engineered to achieve both locked static positioning and ease of movement, the Daniels AccessSmart Trolley is best utilised for mobile point-of-use positioning at patient care. The soft close mechanism minimises odour reduction and its hands free foot pedal eliminates touch with the surface of the container. A side mounting bracket affixed to either side of the trolley enables a second container to be co-mounted for point-of-use segregation of dual wastestreams.

Once Full, Container is
Stored in Transporter

Once our container is full, a service tech scans the container barcode to identify its ward positioning for audit reporting and analysis, and engages the side-locks of the container to prevent further access. The container is then moved to wall mounted storage within the ward’s utility room, or bulk-transported on an internal delivery cart to the hospital loading dock. At dock level, this hospital utilises Daniels transporters to optimise its storage footprint. The process of transferring container directly from a cart into a transporter ensures collectors never touch the ground and remain uncontaminated ready for pickup.

Full Containers Picked Up
& Replaced
by Daniels

At its scheduled bi-weekly pickup, a Daniels truck delivers a transporter full of clean empty containers, and replaces its load with recently filled containers. Repeating step one of the process, our container is transported in bulk company within a Daniels transporter. The locked upright positioning ensures contents are not put in jeopardy, transport risks are minimised, and the hospitals’ cradle to grave responsibility is protected.

Transported Safely
to a Daniels Facility

Once our container (and its fellow containers) reaches a Daniels facility, it is still in the same condition in which it left the ward. Its leakproof seal has guaranteed no leakage has occurred during transit, its fixed upright positioning has ensured protection of its exterior veneer, its impenetrable casing has ensured there has been no risk of content protrusion, and its secure tamper-proof locks have eliminated unauthorised access at dock level storage and in transport.

Emptied on Daniels Robotic Washline

From transporter to robotic washline, our container is loaded onto a mechanic conveyer belt, robotic arms unhinge its front and side locks, and contents are robotically emptied; a carefully engineered process that eliminates human intervention and circumvents biomedical waste contact risk.

Washed through a Rigorous
8-step Process

Once our container is emptied, it continues on the third stage of its journey through the Daniels robotic washline; a rigorous process housed within a conveyer-belt washing chamber which combines environmentally friendly cleaning liquids, powerful jet-blasting hoses and steam technology to achieve the highest levels of bacterial load reduction and micriobiological efficacy.

Final Quality Control Check

The final stage of our containers' journey is a comprehensive quality control check. During this step of the process, our container is physically inspected; inbuilt security locks are checked to be in working order, and once passing the quality inspection, our container is recommissioned for another medical waste containment assignment.  

 

We could offer you a simpler journey;

 

One that includes a disposable sharps container being shipped in a box, picked off a shelf and assembled by hand, moved through a hospital corridor on a nurses cart, and then discarded in a cardboard box once full. It doesn’t take eleven steps, it doesn’t require years of R&D or clinical trials, or necessitate a multi-million dollar infrastructure and machinery investment, but, quite simply, it’s not worth the human risk….

At Daniels we believe that lives are worth the investment we have made and we proudly stand by our decision to push the boundaries of reusable technology to achieve needlestick injury reductions that are globally unprecedented, landfill reduction that is worth writing home about, and a sense of purpose that leaves us fulfilled that every day... We Make Healthcare Safer.