Tag Archives: HAIs
Preventing Nosocomial Outbreaks of the Novel Coronavirus
Since December 2019, major health organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been closely monitoring an outbreak of a respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus. The novel c...
Preventing Ventilator-Associated Events
The existence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP, has long been a topic of controversial discussion. Diagnosing VAP is difficult because the radiologic and clinical signs can be associated with a variety of respiratory infections as well as o...
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...
This Process Reduces HAIs by 75%
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? ...