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Post-Acute Care After COVID-19: How to Achieve Better Infection Control

Hand Hygiene, Infectious Disease / By

As COVID-19 daily mortality figures peak and begin to decline in many parts of America, more attention is being turned to the post-acute care that a high percentage of COVID-19 survivors will need. While data on COVID-19 patients requiring post-acute care are limited, Medicare data suggest that about 30 percent of the patients recovering from …

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Hand Hygiene and Contact Tracing Become Expected Safety Interventions, In All Work and Public Places

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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 …

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Looking Ahead: How to Better Support Our Care Providers, Both During and After the COVID-19 Crisis

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While government agencies and healthcare organizations play important roles during states of emergency, the agility of startups provides a means to address immediate problems requiring innovative solutions. Right now, we’re seeing many private companies urgently working to develop COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines, as well as to manufacture and distribute personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators …

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Elderly individual on a bathroom floor after a fall, with a dropped shower item and a safety walker in the background.

What is Needed to Sustain Fall Prevention? Predictive Information from Electronic and Visual Aids

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Hospitals have been making progress in fall prevention, but the most recent data still show a significant problem that increases both mortality and medical costs. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, 2016) reported that fall rates at United States hospitals declined by about 15 percent between 2010 and 2015. However, the number of …

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Understanding Key Parameters That Drive Decision Making for COVID-19

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We are at a unique moment in history that will decide the future trajectory of our country. Preventative measures have brought our economy to a grinding halt in an attempt to control the pandemic caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus (COVID-19). America must decide when and how to restart our economy by eventually bringing the lockdown …

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Latest Research Adds More Evidence of Benefits of Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring

Hand Hygiene, Hand Hygiene Campaigns, Technology / By

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 …

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A compliance report highlighting hand wash counts, opportunities, and overall compliance percentages for various nurses over a week.

Why Gentle Reminders About Hand Hygiene Prevent Infections and Save Lives

Case Studies, Hand Hygiene, Infectious Disease / By

It’s well known among infection control experts that hand hygiene is the best defense against the spread of viral and bacterial infections. Soap and water lifts and washes different kinds of bacteria and viruses – including the various strains of coronavirus – down the drain. In addition to using soap and water, healthcare providers should …

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Five Characteristics of Effective Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technology

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Technology in the healthcare workplace can evoke passionate responses from managers and staff, both positive and negative. Any individual response generally depends upon the experiences a person has had with technology in the past. Memories of glitches and downtime often bring skepticism. User-friendly, time-saving technology is welcomed and appreciated. From where I stand as a …

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Back to Basics, Keeping Care Providers Safe in Uncertain Times

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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 …

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