Category Archives: Hand Hygiene
Becker’s Hospital Review: The Joint Commission’s new hand hygiene standards: What they mean to you
Written by Dr. Chris Hermann, Founder and CEO, Clean Hands – Safe Hands March 07, 2018 – The Joint Commission’s mission is to “improve healthcare for the public…by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providin...
What Are You Doing for Patient Safety Awareness Week (Next Week)?
Patient Safety Awareness Week starts this Sunday, March 11. What’s your hospital planning to do to get involved? If you don’t know, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the National Patient Safety Foundation offer a wealth of ideas on the...
The Challenges of Innovation in Improving Hand Hygiene Performance
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis is frequently referenced as the “Father of Hand Hygiene.” In 1846, he was faced with a clinic that had maternal mortality rates 250% higher than a similar clinic. Patients resisted being admitted to the clinic with higher mor...
Healthcare Business Today: The Joint Commission’s New Hand Hygiene Standards Could Hit You Where It Hurts
February 3, 2018, by Dr. Chris Hermann, Founder and CEO, Clean Hands – Safe Hands In case you missed it, the Joint Commission recently made a drastic change to its hand hygiene standards. Previously, hospitals were simply required to impl...
5% Of Your Clinicians Are Creating Up To 40% Of Your Hand Hygiene Risk
Did you know that 5% of your clinicians are causing between 25% and 40% of your hand hygiene problem? We analyzed over 60 million hand hygiene data points from hospitals all over the country. Starting out, the bottom 5% of clinicians make up 25% of a...
4 Ways to Know Your Hospital is Ready for The Joint Commission’s New Hand Hygiene Standards
. Will your hospital be ready the next time a Joint Commission surveyor pays a visit? Here are four ways to know you’re prepared to meet the new standards. Hand hygiene performance rates among all clinician groups and all shifts are consistently hi...
The Top 5 Real (and Surprising) Reasons Clinicians Don’t Clean Their Hands
Hand hygiene continues to be a challenge for nearly all healthcare organizations. On the surface, it seems like a pretty simple concept, but once you really understand the complexity and variability of the clinical reality, it quickly becomes massive...
How the New Joint Commission Hand Hygiene Standards Could Impact Your Hospital
If a Joint Commission surveyor now sees one clinician fail to clean their hands one time, the hospital will be cited. Download our whitepaper to find out how you can increase hand hygiene performance and meet the new standard. >>>Download th...
Modern Healthcare: Joint Commission Cracks Down On Hand Hygiene
Contact: Maria Castellucci January 3, 2018 – The Joint Commission will now issue a citation to healthcare organizations if during on-site visits surveyors witness an employee fail to follow correct hand hygiene guidelines. The change, which went in...
Joint Commission AND Leapfrog Get Serious About Hand Hygiene
Everyone has talked about the importance of hand hygiene for years, and two major organizations are now getting serious. In case you missed it, starting this week, if a Joint Commission surveyor sees one individual fail to clean their hands one time,...