semmelweis - hand hygiene scanner to prevent hai infections
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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.
Measurement #1
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Rate of failed hand disinfections
HOW SEMMELWEIS SCANNER WORKS
Original image
Analyzed image
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 [email protected] @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