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title: "Case Study USC"
date_published: "2019-11-05"
date_modified: "2023-05-04"
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  description: "[[OVERVIEW:]]** After water-based mold damage was discovered in the Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center, the facility, following ICRA standards…"
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****OVERVIEW:****
After water-based mold damage was discovered in the Los Angeles County - USC Medical Center, the facility, following ICRA standards, utilized SteraMist® for emergency final-step remediation clearance after remediating the damaged area using a third party. The affected room in question was critical to hospital operations: the Central Sterile Processing Room. With the mold present in the room, medical equipment sterilization was impossible and the hospital was forced to halt surgeries and various other elective operations.

****SCOPE OF WORK:****

**Los Angeles County - USC Medical Center:**
SteraMist® would need to be applied to 5 rooms within the facility, and a focus upon quick treatment turnaround time was stressed.

****LABOR:****

• 4 Certified SteraMist Technicians.
• 17 gallons of SteraMist® BITTM used.
• 12 hour treatment time, including setup, treatment, breakdown, and aeration.

****MEETING THE NEED:****
A crew of four (4) certified SteraMist® Technicians set up the necessary equipment and completed the requested disinfection
using 14 SteraMist® Environment Systems. This enabled them to treat multiple rooms simultaneously and remotely, and equipment breakdown was hassle-free.

****THE RESULT:****
Within 12 hours, the facility was treated with SteraMist® iHP™ technology and the results were validated using both biological
and chemical indicators. The residual mold damage was successfully remediated with minimal downtime and facility services have
since resumed.

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