Hand Hygiene Monitoring

Slide Show: Hand Hygiene Technology

ICT presents the second in a series of slide shows examining the basics of automated technologies that provide an adjunct solution to manual processes for the control, elimination and prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This second slide show addresses ...More
February 18, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Hand Hygiene
Hospitals to Benefit from New Premier Agreement for Hand Hygiene Monitoring Systems

The Premier healthcare alliance announces a new agreement for hand hygiene monitoring systems has been awarded to BioVigil Hygiene Technologies LLC of Ann Arbor, Mich. Effective Nov. 1, 2012, the agreement is available to acute-care and continuum of care members of Premier. ...More
December 14, 2012
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Northeast Georgia Health System, DebMed Announce Partnership to Automate Hand Hygiene Monitoring

DebMed®, creator of an electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization (WHO)'s "Five Moments for Hand Hygiene," announces a partnership with Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) in Gainesville, Ga. The 557-inpatient, 261-skilled ...More
December 14, 2012
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Researchers Provide Descriptive Guide to Electronic Hand Hygiene Compliance Interventions

Hand hygiene is the single most important component of an infection control program; however, compliance remains at or below 50 percent, acknowledge Maryanne McGuckin, Dr ScEd, MT (ASCP) and John Govednik, MS, both of McGuckin Methods International. To improve compliance, a ...More
December 8, 2012
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Hand Hygiene Compliance in the NICU

Good hand hygiene compliance is essential to prevent nosocomial infections in healthcare settings. Many experts acknowledge that direct observation of hand hygiene compliance is the gold standard but is time-consuming. An electronic dispenser with built-in wireless ...More
October 12, 2012
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Hand Hygiene at the Critical Moment: The Point of Care

This Webinar reviews concepts of Point of Care Hand Hygiene, The Patient Zone, and The WHO 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene. The Webinar will also provide an extensive look at research which supports Point of Care hand hygiene. After examining guideline recommendations and ...More
April 24, 2012
Posted in Webinars
Hand Hygiene Monitoring Goes High-Tech

Although hand hygiene has been the target of continuous scrutiny, study and awareness campaigns, Erasmus, et al. (2010) say that substantial and lasting effects on compliance rates has been minimal. As healthcare institutions continue to wrestle with this issue, ...More
February 3, 2012
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
Discrepancy Between Self-Reported and Observed Hand Hygiene in Nurses, Physicians

One of the most effective methods to promote healthcare workers’ hand hygiene (HH) is observation; an investigation of perceptions concerning hand hygiene further increases effectiveness, points out a researcher from the Department of Infection Control at Okayama University ...More
September 2, 2011
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Direct Observation, Handrub Consumption Not Correlated, Study Finds

Direct observation (DO) and alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) consumption (AC) per 1,000 patient days are used to monitor hand hygiene (HH) performance in healthcare, and are increasingly utilized as quality indicators, sometimes for external benchmarking. Infection prevention ...More
July 29, 2011
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Real-Time Computerized Feedback Improves Hand Hygiene Technique

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, the Department of Health in London, and Mid Essex Hospital Services in Chelmsford, UK, say that occlusion of observers' views make it difficult to audit hand hygiene technique. They investigated the effect of computerized ...More
July 15, 2011
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene