What You Should Know About Isolation Stations

Believe it or not, about 2 million patients in the US get infections in hospitals. Unfortunately, 4.5% of these patients die from the infection. Isolation stations can actually help prevent the spread of infection by keeping a ready to use supply of personal protection equipment on hand.

So what is an isolation station? An isolation stations allow you to store your personal protection equipment, which usually includes hospital gowns, gloves and face masks.

They provide several benefits:

• Organizes your personal protection equipment.
• Easily mountable, which saves space in already cramped areas.
• Highly visible and convenient.
• Help hospitals comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines and hospital preparedness requirements.

Before purchasing an isolation station, it is important to measure the sizes of the personal protection equipment that you will be storing in the station. 

In most cases, isolation stations typically provide you with the dimensions of the glove boxes, lab coat pockets and mask pockets, which makes it easy for you to determine whether or not the organizer is a good fit for your personal protection equipment. It is also important to consider how you plan to mount the isolation station. They can be mounted with over-the-door hangers, j hooks or with a standard wall mount.

Most isolation stations are made from a durable high impact plastic which ensures years of constant use. This type of high impact plastic allows the isolation station to easily be moved and relocated as needed. As mentioned above, isolation stations work to prevent the spread of infection in the work place and are an easy to install, convenient product, that provides the personal protection equipment you need to protect your staff and patients easily. How are you storing your personal protection equipment?