Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Washing Hands/Saving Lives

The Problem

Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in a hospital. Most health care personnel do not perform hand hygiene as often as they should. To improve the performance of health care staff in hand hygiene, it first must be measured accurately. Bronson designed a programto consistently and accuragely measure hand hygiene performance in a hospital setting using minimum resources.

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