Infections reduced by 28 percent, quality of hand hygiene greatly improved: The OPHARDT Hygiene Monitoring System® in clinical use

Issum, February 16th. How can electronically controlled hand hygiene monitoring help to improve treatment quality in daily hospital life? The BDH-hospital in Greifswald, Germany, (http://bdh-klinik-greifswald.de) has examined how the use of the OPHARDT Hygiene Monitoring Systems® (OHMS) affects behaviour around hand hygiene and the number of nosocomial infections.

Over the period of one year (May 2013 - April 2014) the use of hand disinfectants, the number of nosocomial infections and the use of antibiotics on an Intermediate Care Station were measured.

Convincing results from the system

The first „passive“ stage of 6 months served as a trial period where employees had time to come to terms with the functionality of the system and to ‚get used to‘ it. At the beginning of the second 6 month “active” period special training sessions were offered based on the data collected in the first 6 months and the effects of the training sessions were watched and evaluated.

Senior and specialist internist Dr. Andreas Glöckner says: „Using OHMS enables us to precisely evaluate hand hygiene and recognise ‚weak spots‘- this helps us to concentrate on these weak spots and train our staff accordingly. The system was accepted well by staff and does not cause extra work. The results speak for themselves: Within the test period and in comparison to the previous year the use of hand disinfectant increased by 30% per patient day and there was a reduction in nosocomial infections of 28% per patient day.”

Further information:
http://www.ophardt.com/index.php/en/ohms-im-praxiseinsatz.html

OPHARDT hygiene
The family owned business group OPHARDT hygiene develops, manufactures and distributes an encompassing product range of dispensers and complete hygiene solutions for the implementation of the highest hygienic standards in the realms of medicine, pharmacy and food processing facilities, as well as for use in public washrooms. As a business with more than 50 years of experience, world-wide success and European roots, six production sites and more than 450 employees, consistent customer focus and future-oriented innovations are the basis for a sustainable business development.

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