The T-BIN was developed by a nurse for nurses in the care they provide to their patients. The T-BIN is a utility-patented disposable, single patient use trash disposal system that attaches to any location on any overbed table. The T-BIN helps reduce the risk of cross contamination on the patient’s overbed table by enabling patients to easily dispose of their own soiled tissues and trash. The T-BIN sits at the intersection of safety, cleanliness and convenience.
The T-BIN in use on the patient’s overbed table. Once the paper container is full of trash, simply remove the paper container and drop into a trash can on the floor. Drop a new paper container into the ring without touching the paper container’s contents. Staff no longer needs to remove contaminated tissues & trash from the top of the overbed table. The overbed table remains clean for other items such as food trays and other staff items.1.7 Million Healthcare Acquired Infections occur each year. 1 in 3 hospitals will have a patient acquire a Hospital Acquired Infection resulting in 100,000 patient deaths at a financial impact of $200 Billion for unreimbursed care, staff absentee days and loss of life. The T-BIN helps mitigate the risk of pathogen transmission by providing a single patient use bedside trash disposal system that attaches to the patient’s overbed table.
The T-BIN consists of a plastic, recyclable, disposable single patient use ring that attaches to any location on any patient overbed table. A biodegradable paper container simply drops into the ring.
Patients cannot reach the trash can on the floor so mucous-laden tissues & trash get left on the patient’s overbed table, and in emesis and bath basins, potentially leaving behind infectious pathogens and contaminating the overbed table. Nurses spend valuable time and multiple steps cleaning out basins that were never intended nor designed to hold patient trash. Staff time and steps to dispose of patient trash is non-value added work that does not add value to direct patient care. A high level simulated time and motion study revealed that for one 32 bed nursing unit over the course of a year, staff walked 640 miles at a cost of .37 FTE to disposal of patient trash.
Kerrie has over 40 years of comprehensive experience in the healthcare profession. Prior to her work as a Registered Architect, she worked for fourteen years as a Registered Nurse in Intensive Care/Coronary Care Units, in the Emergency Department, and on Orthopedic, Pediatric, and Medical/Surgical floors. Kerrie’s current focus includes ideation and innovation in product development and design to re-envision the healthcare experience by creating products that support a healing, safe and efficient environment for all healthcare users. Kerrie is passionate about designing products that support nurses in the care they provide to their patients.
T-BIN Utility Patents US 8,613,256 B2 & US 9,301,602 B2
