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HOUSTON, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Houston s first hospital, 134-year-old St. Joseph Medical Center, has installed Integrated Viral Protection (IVP) technology throughout its facilities, taking a major step in preventing the spread of airborne illnesses. IVP s Biodefense Indoor Air System
TM is the only existing air filtration system that instantaneously catches and kills airborne COVID-19 (99.999%) and other airborne viruses in a single pass.
St. Joseph Medical Center is the first hospital in the nation to install the IVP technology, which meets ASHRAE standards and has been granted emergency use authorization by the FDA during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital has 700 beds with more than 500 physicians and 1,500 employees - and now hosts 24 of the biodefense units in patient waiting areas, admitting areas, staff lounges, cafeteria, surgical suites, its COVID-19 clinic and other high traffic zones.
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Carney Hospital’s surgical team, left to right: Renee Felton CSR, Supervisor in Sterile processing; Leeann Glynn, Surgical Technician OR; Raghuveer Muppavarapu, MD; Martin Williams, MD; Kellie Gouveia MSM, BSN, RN, Senior Director, Perioperative Services and Respiratory Therapy; and Tracey Wood RN, BSN Clinical Leader in the OR specializing in Orthopedics. Steward Health Care System photo
Roughly one year after being designated as the nation’s first Covid-specialty hospital, Carney Hospital is once again welcoming back non-Covid patients for regular check-ups, procedures, and general care as it approaches a return to pre-pandemic patient volume.