Modern Healthcare magazine recently announced the winners of their 19th annual Spirit of Excellence Awards, and Andalusia Regional earned an honorable mention.
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.
Proventix Systems, Inc., announced its nGage™ system has become the most widely adopted healthcare hand hygiene monitoring system in the United States. The nGage system has recorded over 4 million total hand cleansings.
Hospitals have experienced an average 105.6% increase in hand hygiene solution dispenses since implementation of the Proventix monitoring system. This improvement in hand hygiene activity has contributed to an average healthcare associated infection (HAI) reduction of over 24% across all Proventix monitored units.
Proventix’s growth demonstrates acceleration in the application of low cost Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices for quality based monitoring solutions. Proventix provides active and passive RFID devices and services for quality compliance monitoring and active point of care communication for successful integration into operations.
Read more at Infection Control Today.