reduce cross-contamination risks.
Cetis single-use disposable patient room phones help reduce cross-contamination risks and telephone cleaning labor and costs, and create a new incremental profit stream for your facility, when you send the phone home with the patient or family, and place a new disposable phone in the patient room for the next patient.
Although healthcare is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States, there has been a continuous struggle to improve sanitation and hygiene in public environments, to reduce cross-contaminations and eliminate infectious diseases. The drive continues and intensifies. This influences the decision and actions of every hospital department.
Unfortunately, emphasis on reducing cross-contamination in hospitals is not nearly enough. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more people die annually from all infectious diseases (970,259) than from all accidental deaths combined (95,644). Even with all the advances in medicine, the danger of contracting deadly infections is on the rise – new strains of drug-resistant bacteria can hide anywhere!
Phones, faucets, and other everyday items can easily transmit diseases. In a study done by the University of Arizona, the transfer efficacy of bacteria was particularly high for phones ranging from 39 to 66%.
Although healthcare is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States, there has been a continuous struggle to improve sanitation and hygiene in public environments, to reduce cross-contaminations and eliminate infectious diseases. The drive continues and intensifies. This influences the decision and actions of every hospital department.
Unfortunately, emphasis on reducing cross-contamination in hospitals is not nearly enough. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more people die annually from all infectious diseases (970,259) than from all accidental deaths combined (95,644). Even with all the advances in medicine, the danger of contracting deadly infections is on the rise – new strains of drug-resistant bacteria can hide anywhere!
Phones, faucets, and other everyday items can easily transmit diseases. In a study done by the University of Arizona, the transfer efficacy of bacteria was particularly high for phones ranging from 39 to 66%.
Solution
Cetis single-use telephones help reduce cross-contamination risks, cleaning and repair costs, when you send the telephone home with the patient or family and install a fresh phone for the next patient.
Revenue
Because the patient or family pays for the single-use phone, a new and recurring source of revenue becomes available to you…the healthcare provider.
- Covers cost to purchase, faceplate, and ship the phone
- Eliminates cleaning and repair costs
- Generates new revenue
Example
Patients Number of beds = 500
Average occupancy rate = 50%
Patients per week = 250
Total 1,000 patients/month (250 patients x 4 weeks)
Average occupancy rate = 50%
Patients per week = 250
Total 1,000 patients/month (250 patients x 4 weeks)
Projected Revenue
Hospital cost for H2001 telephone = $10.65
Patient cost for H2001 = $16.99 (+$6.34)
Profit projection per phone = 37.32%
Total annual revenue projection = $119,293.44 (18,816 patients/year, or 1,568/month x $6.34)
Patient cost for H2001 = $16.99 (+$6.34)
Profit projection per phone = 37.32%
Total annual revenue projection = $119,293.44 (18,816 patients/year, or 1,568/month x $6.34)
Additional benefits
For The Hospital
For The Patient
- Reduce cross-contamination risks by installing a fresh phone for each patient
- Save patient room telephone cleaning and repair costs
- Initiate program with housekeeping to place fresh phone and share in revenues
- Eliminate turnaround time associated with refurbishing telephones
- Simplify installation and reduce nightstand clutter with optional EH2000 bed rail holder (part # 21115), designed to fit Hill-Rom bed rails
- Build incremental sales through hospital gift shop or pharmacy
For The Patient
- Take home and plug in a new one or two-piece telephone. Plugs into a standard RJ11 analog wall jack.
- Includes a 90-day telephone warranty
- Hearing aid compatible, and ADA-compliant phone in the home
More information
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