How Innovative Technologies Can Help Prevent the Spread of Infections in Healthcare Facilities
Martech Outlook | Tuesday, July 27, 2021
With hygiene playing such an essential role in preventing the spread of infectious diseases, it's crucial to automate monitoring to keep better track of compliance throughout healthcare facilities.
FREMONT, CA : Germs are an inextricable component of life that can't be avoided. While some germs and infectious diseases are beneficial, the ones spread in a healthcare setting can cause risk to patients, staff, and family members. Due to penalties and decreased patient satisfaction, these germs can lead to healthcare-acquired illnesses (HAIs), making it vital that healthcare institutions establish comprehensive infection prevention techniques to minimize germ transmission.
The pandemic of COVID-19 has compelled hospitals and other healthcare facilities to assess their preparation levels, confirming that several facilities had to make significant adjustments to their infection prevention (IP) policies. It necessitated the development of standardized infection control measures, like cutting-edge technology, to monitor and report data to enhance personal and facility cleaning procedures.
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The use of the intellectual property (IP) and environmental services (EVS) in healthcare institutions will continue to be scrutinized. Let's look at some of the developments that will be at the center of IP and EVS best practices for years to come as people work toward a post-pandemic healthcare environment.
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Infection Control and Safety Platform Technology
Self-monitoring is used in several healthcare settings. Individual healthcare employees are responsible for tracking and reporting any potential personal hygiene failures that may impact patients or contact with infected patients without the appropriate PPE. Self-reporting may not always be possible or reliable because healthcare personnel move at such a quick pace.
Healthcare facilities can use Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) to track and manage medical equipment, employees, and patients in real-time for contact tracing and electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems.
Contact Tracing
Contact tracing employs RTLS technology to trace each staff member's entry and exit from patient rooms. Contact tracing with RTLS technology can help IP departments analyze outbreaks and optimize safety standards by replacing manually recorded data with more precise and comprehensive information gathered by these automated solutions.
Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring Systems
Healthcare institutions can assess hand hygiene compliance by establishing an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system that can monitor hand hygiene activities and give the data necessary to enable continual improvements and compliance to reach these high hygiene standards.
Increase in Cleaning and Disinfecting
Surfaces in close proximity to the patient, like bed rails, bedside tables, and chairs, provide a significant risk of facility outbreaks, which is why IP and EVS departments must continue to collaborate to establish suitable cleaning processes that support infection control practices.
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