{"id":4745,"date":"2022-04-27T13:39:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armstronginternational.com.br\/?page_id=4745"},"modified":"2023-01-06T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T19:28:33","slug":"patient-safety-comfort-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armstronginternational.com.br\/en\/industries\/healthcare\/patient-safety-comfort-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Safety &amp; Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":4391,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"banner_type":"medium","pull-up_page_content":"","video":"","banner_image":39647,"banner_heading":"Improving Safety and Comfort for Patients and Staff","banner_subhead":"Armstrong International","banner_paragraph":"","button_link":"","button_label":"","modules":[{"module":"full","content_type_1":"narrow","padding":"pad-bottom","background":"none","image_position":false,"image_1":null,"image_2":null,"video_file":null,"color":"","font_color":"","section_heading":"","module_content_1":"<h3>Armstrong International's complete, custom solutions in hot water, steam and humidification are better for your patients and better for you.<\/h3>\r\nArmstrong offers effective steam trapping and condensate removal, automatic steam quality monitoring and precisely controlled humidification, as well as instantaneous and semi-instantaneous hot water generation, digital water temperature control, and a total, end-to-end domestic hot water system solution engineered specifically for the healthcare industry.\r\n\r\nArmstrong's products, systems, services and technology, are designed to help you:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Provide best-in-class user safety, infection control and compliance, from mechanical room to point of use<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Reduce risks for Legionella, airborne bacteria and hospital-acquired infections (HAI)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Prevent scalding, wetpacks and static discharge<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Comply with regulations and Standards of Care, such as CMS, OSHA, ASHRAE, VA, World Health Organization and Joint Commission Environment of Care<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fulfill requirements for sterilization and autoclaves, reverse osmosis, dialysis, endoscope reprocessing, cart washing<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Optimize humidity levels and air quality to reduce virus transmission and surface contamination.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Establish best practices<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/armstronginternational.com.br\/products\/?industry=healthcare&amp;regions=americas\">Products for the Healthcare Industry<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/armstronginternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/Broch_GlobalExpertiseforHealthcare_385_EN_20190301.pdf\">Global Expertise for the Healthcare Industry<\/a>","module_content_2":"","module_content_3":"","accordion":null,"content_connector":null,"download_box_heading":"","downloads":null,"menu_item":null},{"module":"side","content_type_1":"standard","padding":"pad-bottom","background":"none","image_position":"left","image_1":38387,"image_2":null,"video_file":null,"color":"","font_color":"","section_heading":"","module_content_1":"<h2>Reduce Risks for Scalding, Legionella, Airborne Bacteria and Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI)<\/h2>\r\nArmstrong's specialists will work with you to address critical issues in mechanical rooms, plumbing systems, hot water tanks and heaters\u2014where incubation of Legionella bacteria most commonly occurs. 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