AseptiScope

Oct 22, 2024, San Diego, CA -- AseptiScope’s CEO and Co-Founder Scott Mader was featured on Fox News Media's The LOCAList SD! “Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) cost us thousands of patients' lives and billions of dollars every year in the US. And while hospitals are very diligent about hand hygiene, it turns out the stethoscopes that touch us constantly are spreading those same germs.” Check the comments for the link to the full interview! #startup #medicaldevice #innovation #patientsafety

We were excited to be featured in Investing.com. In this story, investing.com describes our leadership in the birth of a 5 billion unit/year clinical market, as the CDC standardizes between-patient stethoscope hygiene. Please contact me directly if you have interest in the details! Sincerely, Scott Mader, CEO

Investing.com features The DiskCover® System as key solution to unaddressed superbug transmission! Across the country hospitals are stepping up patient safety with start-up tech innovation allowing stethoscope exams with no direct patient contact. Until The DiskCover System, between-patient hygiene suffered from limited efficacy and poor compliance.  This advanced technology from AseptiScope changes the paradigm with elevated safety, improved clinician acceptance and improved patient experience. Read more about this unique innovation and its impact on patient safety: https://lnkd.in/eDGf2mtb #PatientSafety #Innovation #MedicalDevices #StethoscopeHygiene

With antiquated methods of stethoscope hygiene revealed to have limited efficacy and compliance, Dr. Frank Peacock, Professor and Vice Chair of Research in Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, advocates for a new standard of stethoscope hygiene across all healthcare facilities. Touch-free, aseptic stethoscope barrier systems placed at the point of patient auscultation make stethoscope hygiene easier to remember, access, and comply with. The DiskCover® System is a touch-free aseptic stethoscope barrier dispensing system that: - Ensures totally clean point of contact for stethoscope exams (Vasudevan) - Is “dedicated medical equipment” which is recommended, wherever possible, to be implemented - Is “single-use”, which is recommended, wherever possible, to be implemented #stethoscope #hygiene #standardofcare #goldstandard #healthcare

Data from Press Ganey demonstrates patient safety expectations in healthcare settings are growing. Improving patient experience is not just about satisfaction. CAHPS Surveys measure patient experience. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), improving patient satisfaction is a different distinction from patient experience. Because satisfaction responses can vary greatly based on patients' expectations, two patients who received the exact same care may have varying satisfaction. Meanwhile, assessing patient experience requires finding out whether something that should have happened in the healthcare setting, did happen. What's an easy way for patients to know for sure that the stethoscope that touches them directly is clean? An aseptic barrier, applied right before auscultation. The DiskCover® System is a visible solution to elevating patient protection from the stethoscope.

🔔 Healthcare Budgets are Ramping Up to Support Improved Patient Experience! More organizations are recognizing that positive patient outcomes are directly linked to patient-centered care, and they’re adjusting their budgets accordingly. An October 15th survey from Gozio Health asked 100 healthcare leaders about healthcare digital transformation and patient safety. 78% of participants anticipate their budgets for patient experience technologies to increase over the next 12 months.

Newly published in NEJM Group's The New England Journal of Medicine current edition: An important review of Candida auris infections. C. auris is highly problematic in healthcare settings because: - It colonizes and survives for long periods on human skin and medical devices. - It has the resistant ability to form multilayer biofilms and survive in hair follicles and crevices resist decontamination. - C. auris–associated candidemia and invasive candidiasis can be life threatening, with reported crude case fatality rates ranging between 30 and 60%. The most concerning challenge with Candida in healthcare practice settings is its transmission. Defining the most effective strategies for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of C. auris infections may curb its spread and improve clinical outcomes. Cleaning the stethoscope diaphragm effectively, thoroughly, consistently is challenging and imperfect. Between-patient disinfection of the stethoscope has never been tenable, and compliance rates have been observed to be in the single digits. Why is The DiskCover® System a uniquely valuable tool for breaking stethoscope transmission of MDRO’S including Candida (resistant fungal), C. Diff (Resistant Spores)? The DiskCover System: - Ensures totally clean point of contact for stethoscope exams (Vasudevan) - Is “dedicated medical equipment” which is recommended, wherever possible, to be implemented - Is “single-use”, which is recommended, wherever possible, to be implemented Let us know if you have any questions or comments below!

"We can't wash our way out of this." Stethoscope hygiene requires good antimicrobial stewardship. Antibiotic prescriptions are not the only contributors to antimicrobial resistance! During this World Health Organization World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, AseptiScope highlights the importance of ensuring healthcare hygiene practices do not also contribute to antimicrobial resistance. A 2023 publication in the American Journal of Medicine titled "Our Third Hand: Stethoscope Hygiene in the Era of Alcohol-Resistant Organisms", highlights this key idea. Studies revealed pathogens have developed resistance to isopropyl alcohol over the past few decades, such as E. faecium which has demonstrated a 23% decrease in isopropyl alcohol effectiveness on contemporary strains compared to ones from 1997. Designed specifically to be antimicrobial-free, The DiskCover® System enables clinicians to practice both good stethoscope hygiene and antimicrobial stewardship!

AseptiScope supports the World Health Organization World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (November 18-24, 2024)! EDUCATE. ADVOCATE. ACT NOW.

On this Veterans Day, AseptiScope is proud to affirm our support for the health and safety of our nation’s heroes. At VA Health centers, patient safety is important, and recent data from Press Ganey and Compass One validates patients' growing expectations for a clean hospital environment and exceptional care. We're proud to support patient safety efforts for veterans by enabling VA Health clinicians to easily and effectively protect veteran patients from the dangerous contaminants commonly found on stethoscopes. Today, and every day, we honor veterans by working to protect their health. #VeteransDay #PatientCare #VeteranHealth #StethoscopeHygiene