BASF Professional & Specialty Solutions
Healthcare
Insects and rodents pose a real health risk to patients in hospitals and clinics. Healthcare providers need to adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards pests. BASF pest control solutions are used by trained professionals to ensure that patients are protected from pest infestations.
Usual issues
Hygiene
Effective pest control is essential in ensuring that the very highest standards of hygiene are being upheld in healthcare settings. Hospitals contain a range of different premises, each presenting their own hygiene and pest management challenges. Wards, operating rooms, pharmacies, waiting areas for the public, rest rooms and accommodation for staff, and even cafes and shops all need to be pest-free.
Reputation
A pest infestation can seriously harm a healthcare institution’s reputation. Cleanliness and sanitation is a key priority for hospital managers and poor pest control is seen as a sign of poor management.
Impact / risks
Patients exposed to contamination
A drain on operational costs
Legal risk
Benefits to use BASF products
Effective solutions, even in sensitive environments
A particular challenge for pest control in hospitals is the fact that not all insecticides or rodenticides are suitable for use in clinical settings. To ensure the safety of patients, pest controllers need to be certain that the products used to control vermin can be applied without risk of harm or cross-contamination to patients, staff and visitors. In order to meet the needs BASF offers a range of treatment solutions , to be administered by trained professionals, that are suitable for use in healthcare facilities.
Integrated pest management
Facilities managers are well aware of the serious threats associated with the presence of pests in a hospital or clinic. They rely on the expertise and experience of pest control operators specialised in treating healthcare sites to provide a range of services, including pest monitoring and surveillance, advice on pest proofing, and infestation control. BASF treatment solutions appropriate for clinical environments offers facilities management teams the reassurance that a pest infestation can be eradicated promptly and completely.
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