Tag Archives: COVID-19
Reinvigorating Patient Safety Efforts After the COVID-19 Crisis
One global pandemic. That’s all it took to reveal the shaky foundation underpinning patient safety efforts in most American hospitals and healthcare systems. And just as a building lacking strong support can splinter and crumble during a hurricane ...
3 COVID-19 Takeaways and Tips
The United States has been battling COVID-19 for a year now, and one thing has become clear: COVID is going to have a lasting impact. From healthcare facilities to local businesses and schools, everyone is scrambling to adapt to the new normal. As wi...
Gloves: A Substitute for Hand Hygiene or a Dangerous False Sense of Security?
There is a common and widespread misconception that wearing gloves is an adequate protection from COVID-19. This disturbing trend is everywhere. From patient rooms in hospitals to the produce aisle of the grocery store, in addition to masks, many peo...
New Data Reveals the Hidden Problem in Hospitals Fighting COVID: Hand Hygiene
August 10, 2020 – Surprising new data has revealed an alarming trend in hospitals fighting COVID. Check out the video below from our founder and CEO, Dr. Chris Hermann to learn what this data has revealed about hand hygiene. Data show that cli...
The Key to Improving Hand Hygiene Performance During COVID-19
A few weeks ago, we shared some alarming news. Despite the fact that everyone is talking about hand hygiene more than any other point in history, healthcare providers are not washing their hands any more than usual. In fact there is a very consistent...
Guess what? Healthcare providers are not cleaning their hands more during COVID-19. It’s true. We have the data to prove it.
Everyone is talking more about hand hygiene than any point in history. Heads of state and healthcare leaders around the world on a daily basis continue to stress the importance of hand hygiene to fight the COIVD-19 pandemic. As our social world is no...
Real Time Intervention Blueprints™ Help Identify Risky Situations Before a Transmission Occurs
Hand hygiene is now more important than ever to keep everyone in the hospital safe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists handwashing as one of the most important ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19.[1] Proper sanitation prote...
Adaptability of Clean Hands – Safe Hands System Allows for Unique Situations
As COVID-19 continues to spread, the unfortunate reality is that this is going to be a problem for many systems in the very near future, and it is likely already a HAI. The adaptability of the Clean Hands – Safe Hands system makes it easier to be e...
Data Indicates which Providers have the Greatest Risk of Exposure to COVID-19
As hospitals begin to return to their new normal, patients and visitors with COVID are still going to be coming into the hospital. The wide range of symptoms that individuals with COVID experience make it impossible to screen everyone before they ent...
What You Need to Know about COVID-19
There is so much information circulating via various media outlets concerning the coronavirus Here’s a quick recap of the scientific information that has been published to date provided by Naomi Smith, M.Sc. of Infectious Diseases and Global Health...