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At SPLASHBLOCKER® , LLC we are committed to protecting nurses, caregivers, healthcare personnel and patients from exposures to infectious diseases and hazardous drugs generated from toilet plume aerosols.
Disposing of waste into a toilet and flushing the toilet creates toilet plume. These plumes can result in exposures to bloodborne and infectious diseases, as well as harmful chemicals.
Our mission is to prevent those dangerous exposures and to partner with healthcare facilities to provide a safer environment for staff, caregivers and patients..
The inventor of the SPLASHBLOCKER® , an oncology nurse, with more than 15 years of experience, saw a need for enhanced safety in the workplace regarding the disposal of human waste and the cleaning of contaminated patient waste disposal items such as urinals and bedpans.
The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) guidelines recommend flushing the toilet with the lid down during this critical time. However, most hospital toilets do not have lids to protect nurses, caregivers and healthcare personnel in these situations. Accordingly, staff routinely encounter hazardous waste through the disposal of contaminated human excreta, not only through direct contact, but also through the inhalation generated from plumes.
USP 800 Hazardous Drugs Handling in Healthcare Settings also establishes requirements for handling body fluids. This needs to be in a facility’s hazardous drugs safety protocols. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) summarize occupational risks of toilet plume exposures and advocate for safer practices.
Over the years, nurses have advocated for safer practices, controls, and patient bathroom design, including having lids installedon hospital toilets. However, they have been met with limited success.
To remedy this situation, we havedeveloped a revolutionary barrier control device that is readily available, affordable, environmentally friendly, and easy to use. It is crafted from polymer materials that are built to sustain regular cleaning and disinfection.
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To protect caregivers, the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) recommends flushing the toilet with the lid down, especially 48-to-72 hours after a patient receives chemotherapy. Since most hospitals do not have protective lids, ONS recommends wearing personal protective equipment such as gloves, chemotherapy gowns, respiratory masks, and face shields. ONS further recommends that nurses apply a plastic-backed chuck pad over the toilet before flushing. However, this action presents concerns about handling safety, disposal and landfill costs, chucks not readily available, and routine noncompliance.
When interviewed in a published survey, nurse managers cited several reasons for caregivers' noncompliance with personal protective equipment use when disposing human waste including, but not limited to, urgent patient situations, nurses too busy or rushed, and precautions being "too extreme". In fact, according to EPINet occupational mucocutaenous exposure incident data, when an employee has an exposure, 62% of all exposures were to the eyes, nose, and mouth, and less than 16% were wearing any kind of face protection (e.g., protective eye wear, faceshield, surgical mask).
With this situation in mind, how can nurses and caregivers readily protect themselves from the adverse health effects of disposing chemotherapeutically-tainted human waste as well as help hospitals and health care settings in mitigating the spread of infectious diseases? The early reviews by nurses and other healthcare workers of the SplashblockerA® indicate that the SPLASHBLOCKER® may provide a solution to enhance their protection. Improving environmental sustainability and providing cost savings for the hospital by significantly reducing the utilization of "blue chucks" are additional benefits of utilizing the SPLASHBLOCKER® over current practices.
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