Device to Detect if Nurses are Washing Their Hands

Buckeye · Jun 5, 2009

Our local news had a story on this yesterday and I thought it was an ingenious idea.The doctors and nurses will wear a special electronic badge. Then when a doctor or nurse washes their hands a sensor by the handwashing station will track what time they washed and how many times a day they wash. Then there's also a sensor beside a patients bed that can detect if the healthcare provider has washed their hands or not or if it has been too long since they washed their hands - if they are bad handwashers it beeps to alert the patient and to remind the doctor or nurse to wash up. Here's alink if you care to read about it <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603142002.htm">HANDWASHING</a> .

Buckeye · Jun 5, 2009

Our local news had a story on this yesterday and I thought it was an ingenious idea.The doctors and nurses will wear a special electronic badge. Then when a doctor or nurse washes their hands a sensor by the handwashing station will track what time they washed and how many times a day they wash. Then there's also a sensor beside a patients bed that can detect if the healthcare provider has washed their hands or not or if it has been too long since they washed their hands - if they are bad handwashers it beeps to alert the patient and to remind the doctor or nurse to wash up. Here's alink if you care to read about it <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603142002.htm">HANDWASHING</a> .

Buckeye · Jun 5, 2009

Our local news had a story on this yesterday and I thought it was an ingenious idea.The doctors and nurses will wear a special electronic badge. Then when a doctor or nurse washes their hands a sensor by the handwashing station will track what time they washed and how many times a day they wash. Then there's also a sensor beside a patients bed that can detect if the healthcare provider has washed their hands or not or if it has been too long since they washed their hands - if they are bad handwashers it beeps to alert the patient and to remind the doctor or nurse to wash up. Here's alink if you care to read about it <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603142002.htm">HANDWASHING</a> .

Buckeye · Jun 5, 2009

Our local news had a story on this yesterday and I thought it was an ingenious idea.The doctors and nurses will wear a special electronic badge. Then when a doctor or nurse washes their hands a sensor by the handwashing station will track what time they washed and how many times a day they wash. Then there's also a sensor beside a patients bed that can detect if the healthcare provider has washed their hands or not or if it has been too long since they washed their hands - if they are bad handwashers it beeps to alert the patient and to remind the doctor or nurse to wash up. Here's alink if you care to read about it <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603142002.htm">HANDWASHING</a> .

Buckeye · Jun 5, 2009

Our local news had a story on this yesterday and I thought it was an ingenious idea.The doctors and nurses will wear a special electronic badge. Then when a doctor or nurse washes their hands a sensor by the handwashing station will track what time they washed and how many times a day they wash. Then there's also a sensor beside a patients bed that can detect if the healthcare provider has washed their hands or not or if it has been too long since they washed their hands - if they are bad handwashers it beeps to alert the patient and to remind the doctor or nurse to wash up. Here's alink if you care to read about it <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603142002.htm">HANDWASHING</a> .

CFMomToT · Jun 5, 2009