The Villa St. Vincent and The SUMMIT is using a specialized electrostatic cleaning and sanitizing system to keep residents, staff, visitors, and families safe from the coronavirus called the 360-Machine. They got the machine with the hope of limiting the spread of COVID-19 from the community into the facility.
The 360-Machine kills pathogens and other disease-causing bacteria in mere seconds. Villa St. Vincent Activities Director Ashely Melsa said the machine has been a wonderful addition to the facility and provides a deeper clean of each room to protect everyone. “The machine has been fabulous,” said Melsa. “It’s been a wonderful addition to our facility. It not only kills disease-causing pathogens like coronavirus, but it also kills off influenza and other viruses that may be in the air. It really helps prevent any kind of breakout within our facility. The machine goes in after housekeeping and sanitizes the room. And it just does a deeper clean of each room. It protects our residents, their family members, our staff, and our family. We’re so very thankful to be able to offer this.”
The Villa St. Vincent and The SUMMIT was able to get the machine with help from a United Way grant. Melsa said last winter they’d originally applied for a grant to host an outdoor celebration to strengthen the bond between the facility and community, but the United Way worked with them as their needs changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “We had originally put a request in to the United Way prior to COVID and we wanted to have an outdoor celebration for our community,” said Melsa. “Getting our community more involved with our facility and our residents, then COVID hit. That was very life-changing for our want for this grant. We reached out to United Way and said we could really use something that would prevent anything within our facility. The United Way was wonderful and said they’d help us out in whichever way they could, to keep everyone safe. So, we are very grateful.”
