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.
Semmelweis Ignác országában újra meg kell tanulni kezet mosni… Kezdjük a vécénél! – mondja dr. Hegedűs Zsolt
2016.02.05.
Szerző: Kövesdi Péter | Megjelent a 2016. január 30.-i lapszámban – Vasárnapi Hírek – A változásokat azzal kell kezdeni, hogy Semmelweis Ignác országában újra meg kell tanulni kezet mosni. – Nincs tovább, most kell lépni – állítja dr. Hegedűs Zsolt, aki hosszabb angliai praktizálás után tért haza, és alelnöke lett a rezidensek és szakorvosok szakszervezetének. dr. Hegedűs Zsolt ortopédsebész, csípő- és térdspecialista – Fotó: Üveges Zsolt – Nem mondták, amikor hazajött és elkezdett szakszervezetet csinálni, hogy könnyű a Hegedűs doktornak: jól megszedte magát Angliában, dolgozik egy magánklinikán, mi baja lehet? – De biztos mondták, de ez nem érdekes. Egyébként… Read more
Study: 4 in 5 Nurses Do Not Comply with Standard Infection Prevention Guidelines
2016.01.22.
Study: 4 in 5 Nurses Don’t Comply with Standard Infection Prevention Guidelines by Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Only 17.4 percent of ambulatory care nurses reported compliance in all nine standard precautions for infection prevention, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Researchers from Northwell Health (formerly North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System) conducted a study of 116 ambulatory care nurses to measure self-reported compliance with standard precautions, knowledge of hepatitis C virus (HCV),… Read more
8 Proven Ways to Lower Your SSI Rates
2016.01.02.
8 Proven Ways to Lower Your SSI Rates by Rebecca Rudolph Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the second most common healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and colorectal surgery patients are at a disproportionately higher risk for getting them. In an effort to figure out why and how to lower SSI rates, the American College of Surgeons, Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare and seven healthcare facilities partnered to do a two-and-a-half year study. This data was presented in a July 21 symposium by the Joint Commission, Medline and Cleveland Clinic, which was a study participant. “The results of the project show that surgical site… Read more
CDC: Watch Out for the Phantom Menace of Superbugs
2015.12.22.
CDC: Watch Out fot the Phantom Menace of Superbugs by Rebecca Rudolph-Witt Star Wars terminology is popping up everywhere with the upcoming movie release, but in the case of the term ‘Phantom Menace’, surgical teams should be queuing in for different reasons. The superbug Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) turned the heads of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts, which named it an urgent public health threat. The figure above is a map of the United States showing the number of reported patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae producing OXA-48-like carbapenemases (N = 43) in the United States during June 2010-August 2015. (Courtesy of the… Read more
The Little Things That Kill … And Cure
2015.12.16.
The Little Things That Kill…. And Cure by Jeff Reinke Although the good certainly outweighs the bad, the U.S. healthcare system is still an easy target on a number of fronts. Perhaps the two most common criticisms can be attributed to cost and seemingly preventable procedural errors – both of which have significant impacts on the patient and surgical community. Infection control can be seen as a source of both promise and pain in each of these areas. On one hand, the proper procedures and investments in time and resources help keep treatment costs down and prevent longer than necessary… Read more
Design and innovation go hand-in-hand/Design és innováció kéz a kézben
2015.11.23.
EN: The Hand-in-Scan Medical Trainer won two major design awards this week (September 25, 2015). The hand hygiene education and control system was created as a result of a successful cooperation between the Hand-in-Scan team as developer and manufacturer and the Flying Objects designer team. Within the framework of the Hungarian Design Week it received the Hungarian Design Award on September 24, in the category of “Product Design”. The next day, at the most important event of the designer community, Hand-in-Scan won the Red Dot design award in the category of “Design Concept”. The Red Dot, the “Oscar prize” of… Read more
Scanning System Offers Hand Hygiene Feedback in Real-Time
2015.11.19.
Using a hand sanitizer is not enough – all healthcare staff need to use it properly. That’s the issue HandInScan has worked to address through its Hand-in-Scan hand hygiene compliance system, which recently won the Red Dot design award. This system requires healthcare professionals to use a special alcoholic handrub for 30 seconds. Then, they scan their hands with UV-LED light, which senses if any parts of their hands were missed. Total, it takes about one minutes and offers feedback in real-time. While this system could support hand hygiene compliance systems throughout healthcare, Csaba Hanko, director of sales and marketing… Read more
Scientists, Inventors and Innovators Meet in Castle Garden Bazaar, Budapest/Tudósok, feltalálók és innovátorok a Várkert Bazárban
2015.11.11.
Hand-in-Scan – Castle Garden Bazaar Csaba HANKÓ, director of sales & marketing (Hand-in-Scan) EN Representatives of world-leading scientific workshops, Nobel laureate researchers and decision-makers responsible for science policy and financing gathered together in Budapest as part of the World Science Forum in the first week of November to find answers to questions around the social responsibility of science. Co-organizing the international conference, the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, a Government institution coordinating Hungary’s RDI policy and research financing, showcased some success stories from the evolution of Hungarian innovation to about 500 participants visiting Budapest’s Castle Garden Bazaar on November… Read more