AeroScout Hand Hygiene Monitoring
- Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAI) are one of the leading causes of death for hospitalized patients world-wide. As an example, more than 100,000 deaths per year occur in the US alone due to HAI
- Studies identify that health practitioners comply with hand hygiene procedures less than 50 percent of the time
- The Joint Commission recommends hospitals meet a 90% compliance rate for hand washing
- Current hand hygiene compliance monitoring requires human observers. These processes are labor intensive, sporadic and have been proven to over report compliance rates.
The AeroScout Hand Hygiene Monitoring solution addresses these challenges by providing a fully automated Hand Hygiene monitoring application:
- Automated data collection and reporting on hand washing events and opportunities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Identifies Hand Hygiene events based on actual solution dispensing
- Integrated dispenser solution - does not require additional units installed next to the dispenser, nor does it require additional power source (uses the dispenser’s batteries)
- Non-disruptive solution to staff workflows and care processes - staff merely wash their hands, no added steps
- Records single caregivers even if multiple staff are in room
- Enables Infection Control and Process Improvement staff to focus on compliance, education and data analysis rather than monitoring and tabulating hand hygiene compliance rates
- Complies with The Joint Commission definition for hand hygiene “washing (or cleaning) hands with an alcohol-based foam or get or soap upon entry and exit from a patient care area or environment.”
- Integral part of a broader solution set. Same infrastructure can be used for staff tracking, nurse call, staff duress, asset management, patient flow and more
