semmelweis - hand hygiene scanner to prevent hai infections

WORLD SEMMELWEIS YEAR

Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865)

A GROWING GLOBAL PROBLEM

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI)

€34bn indirect cost in the EU $96bn annual cost in the US

REDUCING HAI

Hand Hygiene Technique with Alcohol-Based FormulationResponsible application of hand disinfectants

• Most effective and most cost-effective:

• Proper hand hygiene

Source: Kampf, 2010; 2007,Nearly 30% of HAI are preventable

IMPROPER HAND HYGIENE

Taylor et al. 1978

Hand-in-Scan team's study 2014

Most frequently missed

Frequently missed

Less frequently missed

No change in almost 40 years!!!

IMPROPER HAND HYGIENE

Joint campaign with Singapore

• Nearly 10.000 health-care workers measured: 27% failed • Publication: BMC Infectious Diseases

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/13/249/abstract

2011: 4,762 participants 2013: 4,848 participants

OUR SOLUTION

A SOLUTION THAT WORKS

A. Lehotsky, L. Szilagyi, et al. “The quantitative impact of direct, personal feedback on hand hygiene technique,” J. of Hospital Infection (IF: 2.78) vol. 91, issue 1, pp. 81–84, 2015.

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Rate of failed hand disinfections

HOW SEMMELWEIS SCANNER WORKS

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FOR DECISION MAKERS

• Customized online access to datahttps://reporting.handinscan.com/

NO. OF MISSED AREA

11

33

2

17

17

2

Most frequently missed

Frequently missed

MICROBIOLOGICAL VALIDATION – ANTSZ

Surface contaminated with apatogen bacteria Rubbed with UV-congaing disinfectant

SELECTED REFERENCES

HAND-IN-SCAN AT AKH

Vienna General Hospital, PIC

HAND-IN-SCAN BASIC KIT

DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

• Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology

www.acmit.at

• Budapest University of Technology and Economics

www.bme.hu

www.handinscan.com info@handinscan.com @handinscanHand In Scanwww.linkedin.com/company/hand-in-scan

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"

/Benjamin Franklin/

CONTACT

Dr. NAGY Ferenc+40-771-496645