hand hygiene News

Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation has received a $300,000 donation to purchase the HyGreen® Hand Hygiene System, a state of the art electronic hand washing monitoring device for several units throughout Miami Children’s Hospital.

HyGreen, Inc. is proud to welcome Cliff Browning as its new Northeast Territory Sales Manager.

Manufacturers Need to Integrate Compliance Monitoring Technologies with Hand Hygiene Market to Maximise Growth Opportunities

Patented LiquiCleanse® Skin Care Products Now Available to General Public

A British manufacturer has teamed up with a nursery school owner to raise the standard of hand hygiene in educational settings after it was revealed millions of school days are missed each year due to avoidable illness.

Infection prevention devices called Handwash Reminders are sent to hospitals across the nation to help prevent the spread of viruses and diseases as well as HAI's.

Hopsitals are taking extra precautions to prevent the spread of infections to patients and staff members. Proper hand hygiene proves to be effective in Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAI). The Handwash Reminder is the most cost effective.

Surveyor Reviews Strategies for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections

Bury based Glowtec have today released a hand wash training system designed to help Schools minimise the impact to health of poor hand hygiene, using a Toucan lamp which makes dirty hands glow bright green.

B4 Brands and School Health Corp. announced, the winners of their second annual hand hygiene poster contest. Over 3,000 entries were received from students from Kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is proud to announce that they have been chosen as one of three finalists in the AORN "It's In Your Hands" Hand Hygiene Video Contest. The winner will be chosen on March 15, 2010.

To help prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus (“swine flu”) and the regular seasonal flu, White Plains Hospital Center officials today stressed the importance of proper hand hygiene as a critically important precautionary measure.

Food experts say there are five precautions backyard chefs can take to avoid contributing to government statistics that show food illnesses can climb by more than 150 percent as a result not handling food properly during summertime cookouts.

Preventing the Spread of MRSA and H1N1 at Sibley Memorial Hospital

The makers of Soapopular alcohol-free, rinse free hand sanitizer, a product that’s proven to be effective against numerous viruses, including H1N1, is meeting the needs of institutions, retailers, consumers and government agencies.

SteriLyfe™ LLC (www.sterilyfe.com) is pleased to introduce the worldwide patented pending STERISTATION™ line of mobile hand sanitizing/advertising kiosks.

SteriLyfe™ LLC (www.sterilyfe.com) is pleased to introduce the worldwide patented pending STERISTATION™ line of mobile hand sanitizing/advertising kiosks.

Jennings, the North Carolina-based ad agency, has been retained by Southern New Hampshire Medical Center to produce a patient safety marketing program focused on reducing hospital-acquired infections through improvements in hand hygiene compliance.

A hand hygiene campaign produced by Jennings, the North Carolina-based branding and advertising agency, is featured this month in Healthcare Marketing Advisor – a national publication for healthcare professionals.

B4 Brands and School Health Corporation announced today the winners of their jointly sponsored, nationwide poster contest called Be Wise…Sanitize designed to instruct and encourage proper hand hygiene in school age children across the country.

Jennings president and chief executive officer, Dan Dunlop, has been selected as the keynote speaker at the Fall Institute of the New England Society for Healthcare Communications (NESHCo). Jennings is a leading healthcare marketing firm.

High fives to the facility managers at Detroit’s Comerica Park for joining hands with Clean Media and MGS Soapopular for implementing hand sanitizing kiosks strategically located throughout Detroit’s largest sports venue.

UltraClenz, LLC, a Florida based hand hygiene technology firm, has announced the appointment of Marina Willis as President/COO effective immediately and its relocation to a new facility.

Schools across the US are reaching out for guidance about best hand sanitizer products to use; many schools banning alcohol-based product and CDC provides no alternative recommendations