HyGreen Soap Sensing Technology To Help Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections
New Soap Sensing technology developed at the University of Florida, is a new tool developed to help fight Hospital-Acquired Infections like MRSA bacteria and could help save millions of dollars in treating them.
The new Soap Sensing Technology is capable of from the hands of a medical workers and stored in a database that can be used by medical supervisors to track the number of times that a worker is washing their hands.
According to the University of Florida press release, here’s how the system works:
The health-care worker squirts sanitizer gel or soap into his or her hand before passing it under a wall-mounted sensor. A wireless signal from a badge worn by the worker activates a green light on the hand-washing sensor. When the worker enters a patient room, a monitor near the bed detects the status of the badge, and flashes green if the person has clean hands. If the person has not washed, or too much time has passed between washing and approaching the patient, the badge will give a gentle “reminder” vibration.
This new technology will undoubtedly meet with resistance as medical workers will feel that this is a big brother approach to monitoring their jobs. For patients though, this is a positive step in insuringg that their nurse or doctor is not inadvertently infecting them.