MOVING ANNOUNCEMENT
We have moved our hand hygiene blog to another location. Our new site will give the chance to comment our posts and search older posts easier. We hope that these changes will bring us closer.
Hand-in-Scan @ Arab Health
2015.01.20.
Join our booth at the Arab Health conference in Dubai to learn more about our business.
The doctor who championed hand-washing and briefly saved lives
2015.01.12.
This is the story of a man whose ideas could have saved a lot of lives and spared countless numbers of women and newborns’ feverish and agonizing deaths. You’ll notice I said “could have.” The year was 1846, and our would-be hero was a Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis. Semmelweis was a man of his time, according to Justin Lessler, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Read more
New study finds hospital patients are not washing their hands
2015.01.05.
Health technology company Infonaut, a MaRS client, has released a study showing that hospital patients may be at significant risk of infection due to their own poor hand hygiene. The findings were measured in a Toronto hospital using Infonaut’s Hospital Watch Live™ system, innovative technology designed to assist hospitals in monitoring and controlling the spread of infections by analyzing the movement and behavior of hospital staff, patients and equipment. Read more
2014 Year in Review: Hand-in-Scan
2014.12.23.
Thank you for being supportive and helping us raise awareness of the importance of hand washing among hundreds of people. The Hand-in-Scan team wishes you and your family Merry Christmas and a successful and germ-free new year! Read more
2014 Year in Review: Hand Hygiene
2014.12.22.
Here’s a look at the top news items and features of 2014 related to hand hygiene from the Infection Control Today staff. Expert Guidance on Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings Emphasizes Strategies for Improving Adherence Hospital Workers Wash Hands Less Frequently Toward End of Shift, Study Finds Hospitalized Patients Don’t Wash Their Hands Enough, Study Says Healthcare Workers Wash Hands More Often When in Presence of Peers Fist Bumping Beats Germ-Spreading Handshake, Study Reports Healthcare Worker Hand Hygiene Rates Increase Three-fold When Auditors are Visible Nearly 97 Percent of Health Professionals Wash Their Hands When Patients are Asked to Watch… Read more
2014 Year in Review: Disinfection & Sterilization
2014.12.19.
Approaching the end of the year, the Infection Control Today’s team put together a list of the top news items and features of 2014 related to disinfection and sterilization. Slide Show: Instrument Cleaning and Care Joint Commission Alert is a Another Wake-Up Call for Awareness of Improper HLD or Sterilization ECRI Institute Announces Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2015 AAMI Names Top 10 Medical Device ChallengesAAMI Names Top 10 Medical Device Challenges AAMI, Stakeholders Discuss Humidity in the OR Study Documents Millions in Unused Medical Supplies in U.S. Operating Rooms Annually AAMI, CDC Urge Hospitals with Ebola Patients to Follow… Read more
Gábor Dénes award for Hand-in-Scan CEO
2014.12.18.
Today, Tamás Haidegger, the leader of the Hand-in-Scan team, received the prestigious Dennis Gabor award in the Parliament of Hungary.
Prof. Didier Pittet on hand hygiene
2014.12.05.
Is that difficult to change behavior?Listen to a TEDx Talk on efforts to fight HAI from epidemiologist Prof. Didier Pettit, director of the Infection Control Programme, External Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Patient Safety Challenge “Clean Care is Safer Care” and African Partnerships for Patient Safety.