Gamified Hand Hygiene solution cultivates a
culture of support for staff compliance complemented by simplified
audit reporting and automated dispenser management.
NEW
YORK, July 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Kontakt.io, the leader in healthcare RTLS and digital
transformation, announced the release of a new Hand Hygiene
solution. The cloud-based solution, delivered as a managed service,
goes beyond Joint Commission compliance and empowers caregivers to
actively engage in infection prevention while providing innovative
tools for infection prevention teams to track the spread of
contagious diseases and manage dispenser availability.
Poor hand hygiene accounts for 20% of hospital-acquired
infections (HAIs), leading to serious health complications,
prolonged hospital stays, increased healthcare costs, and even
death. Treating HAIs costs the U.S. healthcare systems up to
$45B in total or $45,000 per licensed bed per year.
Despite the clear urgency, today's hand hygiene compliance rates
remain strikingly low. The primary barrier is the intense workload
of clinical staff and unpredictable emergencies that require
immediate attention. Additionally, malfunctioning and empty hand
sanitizer dispensers further discourage staff compliance.
"As a nurse, I feel the immense pressures and relentless
schedules that can hinder hand hygiene compliance. Reactive and
punitive measures only add to the burden, which is why we should
create solutions that care teams can depend on," said Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, Chief Nursing
Officer at Kontakt.io. "This new Hand Hygiene solution gives
proactive, gentle reminders before patient care without disrupting
staff workflow. Through gamification, we can turn hand hygiene
into a positive, incentivized practice. Our goal is to support and
encourage caregivers, enhancing both their well-being and patient
safety."
Key benefits of Kontakt.io's Hand Hygiene solution include:
- Real-time monitoring and reminders. Powered by
Kontakt.io's Staff-Safe enabled Smart Badge 3 – the latest wearable
BLE cardholder for staff – the solution leverages real-time
location (RTLS) to track staff in and out of patient rooms and
identify every wash-in or wash-out opportunity. The hand sanitizer
dispenser module sends real-time in-room reminders before staff
proceed to care activities.
- Simplified reporting. Cloud analytics deliver compliance
data and trends across departments and facilities at a glance and
generate compliance reports for Joint Commission requirements at
the click of a button. It allows hospitals to drill down and
compare data by geography, facility, department, individual, time,
and more to further investigate hidden patterns and risks.
- Compliance gamification. The solution incorporates
gamification in the Kio Nurse mobile app to help staff track and
earn rewards for participation, resulting in increased hand hygiene
engagement and fostering positive behavior change.
- Automated dispenser management. Introducing dispenser
M2M, the Hand Hygiene solution notifies users when a soap or
sanitizing gel dispenser is empty, broken, or malfunctioning,
ensuring that dispensers are operational and ready to use at all
times.
- Infection chain tracing. Using interaction-based contact
tracing, the solution helps infection prevention teams roll back
time, identify and isolate at-risk subjects, and contribute to
rapid containment, targeted treatment, and learning.
"We have reimagined and democratized hand hygiene compliance so
caregivers become stakeholders in this positive behavioral change,"
said Rom Eizenberg, Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Product
Innovation at Kontakt.io. "The Hand Hygiene solution is part of our
continuous investment in an AI platform that serves as a central
nervous system for hospitals. By consolidating enterprise data, we
help health systems better connect the dots and gain previously
inaccessible insights to improve care, safety, and revenue."
About Kontakt.io
Kontakt.io optimizes processes and resources by revealing how
patients move through care delivery. Using AI, IoT, and RTLS, we
help healthcare systems uncover waste, streamline capacity, improve
workflows, and help staff and patients feel seen and valued.
Solving for more than 20 use cases in care operations, we offer a
single platform that is easy to deploy and scale with fast time to
value. Since 2013, Kontakt.io has provided solutions to +32,000 end
users, delivered via +1,200 partners, and deployed +4 million IoT
devices in the field.
Media Contacts:
Marcia Rhodes,
mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com
Olivia Wang,
x.wang@kontakt.io
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