A bridge over troubled water: reverse osmosis to maintain patient care in a boil water notice
A citywide boil water notice necessitated an alternative solution for treating contaminated water. We report our experience using portable reverse osmosis machines to treat the municipal water to provide purified water to patient care areas where non-sterile water was needed, preventing interruptions in services like elective surgeries.
Authors
- Jacob Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3056-2237)
- Manju Mathew
- Sarah Haessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7697-8641)
- Julia Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1569-5206)
Institutions
- Baystate Medical Center (US)
- Baystate Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.3
- Primary Topic
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00