Versus Technology Inc., a provider of RTLS systems for the health care industry, has introduced a Hand Hygiene Compliance System which deploys RFID and infrared (IR) technology to monitor the ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to market demand for accurate and upgradable hand hygiene compliance monitoring, Vitalacy, Inc., today introduced a new, entry-level SmartBadge to its suite ...

Health systems are constantly working to decrease their rates of hospital-acquired infections. Beyond the obvious patient safety concerns, their bottom lines could depend on it, with new Medicaid ...

Epidemiologists and computer scientists at the University of Iowa have collaborated to create a new low-cost, green technology for automatically tracking the use of hand hygiene dispensers before ...

Epidemiologists and computer scientists at the University of Iowa have successfully piloted a low-cost, green technology for automatically tracking the use of hand hygiene at hospitals. The pilot used ...

Compliance with hand hygiene guidelines is of utmost importance when it comes to infection control and preventing deadly and costly healthcare associated infections. According to a 2009 study in the ...

Ekahau RTLS offers the unique ability to track the location and staff interactions with patients and to measure hand hygiene activity down to the individual caregiver. Because the Ekahau RTLS runs ...

Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Hospital is improving hand hygiene through a monitoring system that tracks about 100 oncology providers, MPR News reports. Ecolab, which developed the hand ...

Sensors being tested in two Emory University hospitals track handwashing, provide feedback to healthcare workers, and report overall compliance rates. Two Emory hospitals are applying sensor ...

RICHMOND, Va. (Sept. 16, 2009) – A wireless, credit-card-sized sensor that can detect whether health care workers have properly washed their hands upon entering a patient's room is being studied at ...

Hill-Rom ($HRC) hopes that hospitals will go high-tech to solve a very low-tech problem--the lack of routine hand-washing by healthcare employees. The estimated ...

Sensors being tested in two Emory University hospitals track handwashing, provide feedback to healthcare workers, and report overall compliance rates. Two Emory hospitals are applying sensor ...