New Solutions Decrease Risk of Colorectal Surgical Site Infection
A project to reduce colorectal surgical site infections (SSIs) saved more than $3.7 million in costs for 135 avoided SSIs. The two-and-a-half year project included seven hospitals and was directed by the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons.
Hospital Becomes First in New England to Implement Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring
DebMed, creator of the world’s first electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, has announced that Cooley Dickinson Hospital has become the first in the New England region to implement the DebMed® GMS™ electronic hand hygiene monitoring system.
Patient Empowerment Possible Tool to Raise Hand Hygiene Behaviors
According to a study published recently, most patients at risk for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) agree that healthcare workers should be reminded to wash their hands, but little more than half would feel comfortable asking their physicians to wash.
C. Diff Infections Becoming More Common, Mayo Clinic Finds
Personalized feedback leads to cleaner hands
A major three-year trial led by researchers at UCL, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, has shown that giving one-to-one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice as likely to clean their hands or use soap.
CIVCO Offers Infection Control for Portable Ultrasound Equipment
CIVCO Medical Solutions expands its line of infection-prevention products with the new latex-free hand-carried system drape.
Antimicrobial Handrails Protect Against Microbial Growth
Investment Drives Ultrasound Disinfection Innovation and Product Development
GE recently announced a $7.5 million investment in Australian-based Nanosonics Limited – a leader in the development of innovative technology for infection control – to further develop and distribute Trophon EPR, an ultrasound transducer disinfecting system. The investment is being made through the GE healthymagination Fund, which makes investments in healthcare technology companies.
HyGreen Demonstrates Electronic Hand Hygiene System
HyGreen, Inc. showcased its hand hygiene system, HyGreen(R), at the National Patient Safety Foundation’s 14th Annual Patient Safety Congress. This year’s event was held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on May 23-25, 2012.
Christiana Care Health System Involved in Universal Gown and Gloving Study
Christiana Care Health System‘s health care workers are participating in a major study to determine if wearing gowns and gloves for all patient care in one unit will reduce health care-acquired infections. Christiana Care is one of only 20 academic medical centers nationwide participating in the Benefits of Universal Gown and Gloving, a $5.7 million study supported by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Joint Commission.