Category Archives: Workflow Analytics
Saving Nearly 40 Lives a Year
Two weeks ago, we released new data showing that, in our ten most recent hospital installations, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) decreased by an average of over 60%. We covered the financial impact on these hospitals last week. While this is ...
Saving Nearly $10 Million a Year
Last week, we released new data showing that, in our ten most recent hospital installations, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) decreased by an average of over 60% in six months. There were declines in each type of HAI as well. While this is cer...
New Data Reveals Hospitals Using Clean Hands – Safe Hands Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections by Over 60 Percent
Ten consecutive hospital installations saw HAIs decline by between 45% and 81% in six months, saving nearly 40 Lives and over $9.5 million annually Atlanta, GA, January 30, 2019 – Clean Hands–Safe Hands today released data showing a decrease in h...
Impact of a Voice on HAIs
We’ve already talked about how our Real-Time Voice Reminder™ has a direct impact on hand hygiene, doubling it when it’s turned on. But the real question is, how does the voice reminder impact healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)? Just as...
3 Steps to Improve Direct Observation
We’ve been frequent critics of using Direct Observation to measure and impact hand hygiene performance (more here). Still, we hear from some hospitals who report that they can’t invest in an electronic hand hygiene reminder system this year…so ...
They Think They’re Cleaning Their Hands … They’re Wrong
If you take an honest look at hand hygiene literature, it’s widely reported that hand hygiene in the US remains well below 50%. That said, when you speak with most hospital leaders, you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone who will acknowledge that ...
Yet Another Nail in Direct Observation’s Coffin
More and more evidence keeps building, showing that direct observation doesn’t work in terms of measuring hand hygiene performance. A new study was recently published by the American Journal of Infection Control from a hospital in Saudi Arabia. Dir...
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 ...
The Real Cost of HAIs: The Patients
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a looming cost and major problem for hospitals worldwide. In the increasingly competitive reality facing acute care hospitals in the United States, it’s very easy to get swept up in fees and ROI and lose ...