Wash away infection

Birmingham City Hospital has
turned to Rada to help target
improved efficiencies in infection
control after detecting higher than
expected rates of C. difficile in one of
its former Nightingale wards.

The ward, which had been an
acute ward for the elderly, was
deemed a hospital ‘hot spot’ with
more occurrences of the infection
than other areas. The decision to
close and refurbish the ward allowed
a total rethink.

30 of Rada’s Acu non-touch
digital thermostatic mixing valves
were installed, replacing 13
conventional taps. Rada Sense was
chosen for the ward’s shower areas.

“We wanted to put infection
control at the very heart of the day to
day running of the new ward,” says
Dr Beryl Oppenheim, a specialist in
infection control, “from our point of
view the ward in its new guise has
certainly raised the bar in this
respect.”