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Patient Safety HEALTH IT TO SUPPORT HAND HYGIENE Samir Sawli, PhD [email protected]

Hand Hygiene Compliance Through IT Solution

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Massive efforts are made to increase compliance of Hand Hygiene, yet compliance is only 50%. Monitoring and rewarding could increase compliance. What we cannot measure we cannot manage. How IT Solutions could increase compliance?

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Patient SafetyHEALTH IT TO SUPPORT HAND HYGIENE

Samir Sawli, [email protected]

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Almost all health care centers has already launched a hand hygiene campaigns

However studies showed only 50% compliance

WHO made massive efforts around the world

Nosocomial Infection still very high

Cannot Overstress Hand Hygiene

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Make Hand Hygiene campaign every year Encourage compliance through rewarding Make hand hygiene a mandatory annual

competency Implement an IT system

What to Do?

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There are many solutions out there which could monitor compliance

Human being are more compliant when monitored and rewarded

The IT system is simple, it is based on Radio Frequency Identification which is placed in workflow areas

If we cannot measure it we cannot manage it Reports flows to infection control personnel to

measure compliance Areas with high compliance could be rewarded Areas with poor compliance could be re-educated

Which System?

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Hill Rom made a very nice solution See it yourself, click on the link I am not promoting a particular system, this

is just a sample solution http://www.hill-rom.com/usa/Products/Categ

ory/Workflow-and-Communications/Hill-Rom-Hand-Hygiene-Compliance-Solution1/

Sample Solution

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You made your interventions and still not adequate?

Contact us to organize an effective campaign

Or to implement a compliance system

Samir Sawli, PhD Hexpert.sharepoint.com

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