Tag: Hand Hygiene

A Prototype For My “Two-Bin Hand Sanitizer” Concept

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Does your healthcare organization struggle with keeping hand sanitizer dispensers full? Let me know what you think of this "two-bin kanban" system prototype from a vendor that might more forward on this...

How Has Dr. Jack Billi Achieved 100% Hand Hygiene Compliance Since...

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Thanks to my friends in the Michigan Quality System group, the internal Lean group at the University of Michigan Health System. They shared a video...

An Invention to Prevent Empty Gel or Foam Sanitizer Dispensers in...

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Every time I am in a hospital or clinic setting, one of the first things I do is get a pump or squirt of...

Podcast #205 – Joe Schnur, Innovations for Hand Hygiene & Patient...

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Listen: Episode #205 is a conversation with Joe Schnur, VP Business Development at Intelligent M, a company that "designs data-driven hand hygiene compliance  improvement solutions for...

Happy Talk Headlines vs. Sad Realities to Fix in Healthcare

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As National Patient Safety Awareness Week continues, thanks go to Graham Foster for sending me this article from the UK: Most NHS staff deem care...

Hospitals Prioritize Spending on Pretty Buildings over Safety?

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Here's an excellent commentary by  Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health: "In The Race For 'Fanciest...

Video: Influencing Hand Hygiene Behaviors

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A friend shared this fun video about how to influence hand washing behavior amongst a group of 12 kids. As the introduction points out,...

Weekend Fun: An Elegant Solution by Subtraction (“Parks & Recreation”)

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Our good friend Matt May (see posts and podcasts about him here) has a new book coming out in October,  The Laws of Subtraction:...