The Role of Digital Hand Hygiene Monitoring in Meeting Leapfrog Requirements Providing quality healthcare is complex. Poor care – often caused by staff shortages and poor hygiene habits – can put patients at risk and damage a hospital’s reputation in the community. Yet these same hospitals are often working with limited budgets and a shortage of manual labor, making it … Read More

Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Settings Hand hygiene compliance is one of the most important factors in preventing healthcare-associated infections and keeping patients safe. The many barriers to proper hand hygiene and complexity of manual hand hygiene audits pose a challenge for healthcare providers, but solutions for improvement are available.  What is hand hygiene compliance? Hand hygiene compliance occurs … Read More

C. Diff Precautions in Healthcare Settings Despite advancements in infection prevention, C.diff outbreaks still occur in hospitals. In the United States, about 200,000 people are infected annually with C. difficile in a hospital or care setting. (source) When faced with an increasing number of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), providers must regroup and ensure that all C. diff precautions are being taken, … Read More