Monitoring hand hygiene compliance and providing healthcare workers with feedback
regarding their performance are considered integral parts of multidisciplinary hand hygiene …

Background: Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways of preventing health care–
associated infections and reducing their transmission. Owing to recent advances in sensing …

Previously published guidelines provide comprehensive recommendations for hand
hygiene in healthcare facilities. The intent of this document is to highlight practical …

Background Time and motion studies have been used to investigate how much time various
health care professionals spend with patients as opposed to performing other tasks …

Background Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways to prevent transmission of
health care-associated infections. Electronic systems and tools are being developed to …

Monitoring hand hygiene compliance among health care personnel (HCP) is an essential
element of hand hygiene promotion programs. Observation by trained auditors is considered …

One in twenty-five patients admitted to a hospital will suffer from a hospital acquired
infection. If we can intelligently track healthcare staff, patients, and visitors, we can better …

Compliance with hand hygiene is a good quality indicator for hospital patient safety
programmes. Hand hygiene is a major infection control prevention intervention, but in many …

Background MedSense is an electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system that
provides Infection Control Practitioners with continuous access to hand hygiene compliance …

Background Hand hygiene (HH) is a critical part of infection prevention in health care
settings. Hospitals around the world continuously struggle to improve health care personnel …