Microbial Healthcare Breakthrough Proven by New Italian Study
Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE USE - Thursday 17th March 2016
Sensational new medical research conducted by the University of Ferrara, Italy, proves that Europe can immediately counteract environmental pathogenic multi-resistances, simply by using a special probiotic-based hygiene system, the PCHS system (Probiotic Cleaning Hygiene System).
Adopting this new hygiene system will concretely contribute to lowering the transmission risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in hospitals; particularly for difficult therapeutic treatment – resulting in better patient outcomes - and a clear improvement of overall healthcare quality.
The Ferrara research, titled “Impact of a Probiotic-Based Cleaning Intervention on the Microbiota Ecosystem of the Hospital Surfaces: Focus on the Resistome Remodulation,” published on 17th February in the Plos One scientific magazine, confirms that there is a real possibility of controlling the contamination of surfaces in hospitals, so they can be made safe permanently.
Contamination of hospital surfaces by clinically relevant pathogens represents a serious concern in modern healthcare facilities, since the contaminated surfaces can be a source of infection for the hospitalized patients.
In addition, pathogenic microorganisms present in the hospital, because of the selective pharmacological pressure to which they are subjected, have developed resistance to many of the commonly used antibiotics in the hospital, and this is an additional problem in the management of the HAIs. The problem of multi-resistance to antibiotics is an existing global problem in all industrialized countries, and it is rapidly growing.
Traditional chemical disinfectants, which are routinely used in healthcare facilities show significant limitations in the control of pathogen contamination, especially with respect to their inability to counteract effectively the recontamination by resistant strains.
Professor Sante Mazzacane, Director of the Research Center, CIAS, Ferrara University, commented: “Results show that some probiotic Bacillus strains, best known for their usefulness as food supplements or fungicides, can be also successfully exploited in sanitation procedures. They counteract the growth of pathogens and, most importantly, they decrease the population harbouring drug resistance genes.”
Mazzacane added: “Multiple studies have shown that surfaces of healthcare facilities are persistently contaminated by several potentially pathogenic microorganisms, and that this contamination may trigger healthcare associated infections, which represent a global concern.”
“The study proves the ability of PCHS-Bacillus to colonise hospital surfaces, replacing pathogenic bacteria with safe bacteria – this offers a major step forward in reducing the infection risk, with obvious positive effects on the healthcare budget.”
Alberto Rodolfi, President of Copma said: “Traditional hygiene methods cannot produce these results. What we have produced is not just good news for Italy, but great news for healthcare practitioners and patients globally.”
He explained: “Copma’s PCHS is based by an articulated operating process that provides, among other things, the addition of non-pathogenic probiotic Bacilli spores to a cleaning liquid which is used to clean hospital surfaces. This new University of Ferrara research proves that Copma’s innovative PCHS approach is effective to counteract the growth of several pathogens contaminating hospital surfaces.”
Using the PCHS system, probiotic spores are able to germinate on the treated surfaces, effectively substituting bad bacteria for good bacteria on the treated surfaces.”
In fact, University of Ferrara data shows that Bacilli spores can germinate on dry inanimate surfaces, this means they can generate the bacterial forms which counteract and fightback against the growth and spread of risky pathogens.
Furthermore, new research indicates that the use of the PCHS is safe. The study also assessed a controlled analysis of patients exposed to the probiotic flora, and observed no adverse effects to their health or well-being.
Copma CEO, Mario Pinca remarked: “The Ferrara results indicate that this probiotic-based procedure is therefore active not only in controlling surface microbial contamination but also in lowering drug-resistant species. That means, Copma’s PCHS has relevant clinical implications in the fight for the reduction of HAIs, not just in Europe, but globally. This could result in very significant effects even economically, given the impact that the HAIs and their treatment have on healthcare budgets.”
The study was conducted by the University of Ferrara CIAS Laboratory, Ferrara, Italy.
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- Mario Pinca, CEO of Copma
- Alberto Rodolfi, President of Copma
- Professor Sante Mazzacane, Director of the University Research Center CIAS
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