Category Archives: Hand Hygiene
The Joint Commission Just Drew a Line in the Sand on Hand Hygiene
The Joint Commission Perspectives newsletter just announced a major overhaul to their hand hygiene standards. If you haven’t seen it, you need to read it now. The Joint Commission frequently gets a bad rap, but they got this one right, and in doing...
A Personal Best Approach (Phase 4 of our Hand Hygiene Acceleration Pathway)
It takes more than just technology to increase hand hygiene performance and reduce HAIs. The technology needs to be paired with a process that leads to culture change and sustainable results. We start creating a positive culture in phase 3, which inc...
Hand Hygiene Technology Can Actually Make Hospital Staff More Efficient – Here’s How
A busy hospital can inadvertently foster inefficiencies as staff move around the facility. While hand hygiene technology is designed to improve hand hygiene performance and patient safety, it can do so much more. The technology can also bring to ligh...
What’s That You Said?
One of the reasons our electronic hand hygiene performance system works so well is that we use a human voice to remind clinicians to clean their hands. Our patented Real-Time Voice Reminder™ is the only one on the market. We’ve seen over and ...
“By Clinicians, For Clinicians” – What Does That Really Mean?
Clean Hands – Safe Hands is the only electronic hand hygiene monitoring system that was designed by clinicians, for clinicians. But what does that really mean? And why should you care? Eleven years ago, when I was in graduate school, a physician I ...
Can You Hear Me? (Phase 2 of our Hand Hygiene Improvement Process)
What’s the primary goal of your hand hygiene monitoring? Is it really just about monitoring? No! You don’t use a thermometer to treat a septic patient, nor a CT to treat a patient who is suspected to have had a stroke. Simply monitoring a problem...
The Hidden Secret of C. diff and the HAC Penalty
Do you know your HAC score? Is your hospital on the HAC list? If not, do you think you are safe? Think again. Unless your Hospital-Acquired Condition score is below 3, your facility is likely one outbreak away from getting on the HAC list. Take a loo...
Hand Hygiene Solutions Attract Attention at APIC
For Clean Hands – Safe Hands, APIC 2017 brought new energy and inspiration to our team. We met so many Infection Control professionals that share our passion for reducing HAIs. This year, more than previously, everyone agreed that direct observatio...