Nine hours. That is the newly published survival rate of SARS-CoV-2 on human skin. Nine hours for the virus to travel on a hand when it grabs medical equipment, closes a door or touches a patient. Compared to nearly two hours for the influenza A virus, the aggressive survival rate of COVID-19 allows for a …
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In the aftermath of COVID-19, the threat of contagious infections is being taken very seriously, not only in healthcare environments but in virtually every space where individuals gather closely together. Leaders in industries relying on public access have already started to reimagine how they will be able to welcome people back safely when the pandemic …
Recently published studies continue to provide evidence demonstrating that electronic hand hygiene monitoring can improve hand hygiene compliance, reduce healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), and provide other benefits relating to the health and safety of patients and healthcare workers. Electronic monitoring improves hand hygiene compliance and reduces C. diff infections According to the Banks, et al., 2019 …
Latest Research Adds More Evidence of Benefits of Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring Read More »
Infections caused by the spread of bacteria and viruses continue to cause illness and death around the world, with coronavirus being only the latest example of the need for better infection control. During the 2018-2019 flu season, influenza resulted in 35.5 million illnesses, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths in the United States, according to the …
Back to Basics, Keeping Care Providers Safe in Uncertain Times Read More »
A recent study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology takes a close look at how antibiotic stewardship programs have fared against Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections (Vaughan, et al., 2019). The 500,000 C. diff infections occurring in the United States annually lead to about 15,000 deaths. The Joint Commission made having an antibiotic stewardship …
During a recent work group meeting with a hospital client, Vitalacy reviewed a month’s worth of data gathered by dispenser sensor tags adhered to hand sanitizers in patient care units. These modest looking, silver dollar-sized sensor tags monitor the time and day of every activation event. These sensors gained the following October hand wash data: …
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A group of staffers at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle began what would turn out to be an eye-opening experience with a ball of blue yarn. They started unspooling it to illustrate the path a cancer patient would take on a typical visit for chemotherapy treatment. Their story is told in an episode of the …
Movement Mapping in Hospitals: From Blue Yarn to Bluetooth Read More »
In an acknowledgement of electronic compliance monitoring becoming an “important component of a comprehensive hand hygiene program,” the Leapfrog Group added electronic monitoring to its hand hygiene practice standards for 2019. Identified as a primary intervention to prevent healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), high rates of hand hygiene compliance can reduce HAIs (Kelly et al., 2016; Pronovost …
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Our mission at Vitalacy is to deliver a set of solutions for healthcare providers that significantly improves patient safety while helping to minimize healthcare acquired conditions. Our latest product lines, Workflow Monitoring and Purposeful Rounding, were designed with input directly from caregivers we’ve partnered with to help get them the tools they need to support …
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