The hospital reduced confirmed healthcare-associated infections by 75 percent from 2010 to 2011 after initiating a clean-hands program to monitor and improve hand hygiene based on nGage technology. The employees’ compliance efforts have equated a $42,600 cost savings and a 48.4-day decrease in incremental length of stay. Congratulations Andalusia Regional Hospital!

Proventix would like to congratulate the 2011 recipients of the Lathem Physician Leadership Award! This year’s winners are Dr. Edmund Wroblewski, Chief Medical Officer at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, Dr. Robert Libke, Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Specialist at Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, California and Dr. Michael Mohr of Apex Family Medicine in Denver, Colorado. All of this year’s recipients act as change agents within their facilities and provide visible examples of excellence to patients, visitors and staff members.

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Touch is inherent to healthcare. Shaking a hand. Taking a pulse. Measuring blood pressure. Each of these points of contact is an opportunity to prevent or spread an infectious disease.

nGage, a point-of-care compliance monitoring and communication device infrastructure, improves hand hygiene compliance and reduces the human and economic losses associated with illness.

Clean Hands Matter: The hand washing system reduces infections and saves lives.

Proventix named 2011′s Best Small Company to Work for in Alabama by Business Alabama Magazine and Best Companies Group. The program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Alabama, benefiting the state’s economy, its workforce and businesses.

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