Category Archives: Blog
Sanitizer-Resistant Bacteria: What Now?
A recent study reports that a specific bacterium has become more tolerant of alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Research found that Enterococcus faecium became more resistant to alcohol in two Australian hospitals between 1997 and 2015. This has been rep...
Precaution Signs Fail 87% of the Time
When a patient is in isolation, it’s obviously important for everyone entering and exiting that room to know they’re in isolation. The patient is there for a reason – either they have an infection that could spread to healthcare providers as we...
Can Nudge Theory Be Applied to Hand Hygiene?
Nudge theory has been well documented in behavioral science, economics, politics and other fields. Nudge theory says that simple, small changes in a person’s environment can often have a large impact on the choices they make. Nudges can be used in ...
Leverage the Hawthorne Effect in Your Favor
The Hawthorne Effect is a well-established principle that explains why people change what they do when they know their behavior is being measured. Simply put, the attention from researchers and observers impacts the results that they’re trying to m...
Even I Had to Be Reminded To Perform Hand Hygiene
After 12 years in a dual degree program while developing the technology that has become the Clean Hands – Safe Hands system, I have finally finished medical school. Something very profound happened during my last day of rotations in the hospital…...
The New C. diff Guidelines’ Impact on Hand Hygiene
Let’s talk about one of the greatest controversies in hand hygiene – C. diff! If you ask 10 hospital staff members what their C. diff policies are, you will often get 14 different answers and a couple of puzzled looks. This is fairly standard, an...
Introducing Real-Time Intervention Blueprints™
Our new suite of data visualization tools provides unprecedented insights to Infection Preventionists and hospital managers, and allows them to quickly identify the most efficient path to hand hygiene improvement. This week, we’ll show you how you ...
Introducing Performance Bubble Plots™
Our new suite of data visualization tools provides unprecedented insights to Infection Preventionists and hospital managers, and allows them to quickly identify the most efficient path to hand hygiene improvement. This week, we’ll show you how you ...
Come See Us at APIC!
Are you attending APIC 2018 in Minneapolis this week? We’ll be at the annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology too. You’re invited to join us at these educational opportunities. Case Study Prese...
Discover the Process that Cuts HAIs by 75% in 6 Months
There’s no question that hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a challenge for medical facilities. All major agencies agree that proper hand hygiene is the cornerstone of infection control. But how can you improve your hospital’s hand hygiene? ...