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Hygiene
Versus Introduces Automated, Real-Time Hand Hygiene Compliance Solution
June 28th, 2009
Hand Hygiene Compliance (HHC) is paramount to patient safety and the reduction of hospital acquired infections -- but monitoring adherence to HHC policies has traditionally been done through observation, which is difficult and inaccurate, if not downright impossible. In fact, on their website, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement notes "Experts estimate [emphasis added] that health practitioners comply with recommended hand hygiene procedures less than 50 percent of the time..." and that nearly 2 million patients develop hospital acquired infections each year. Of those, 80,000 will die. The primary culprit' "The contaminated hands of health care workers." That's a...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-06-28)
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