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Real-Time Hand Hygiene compliance by Excelion
Hand Hygiene Compliance practice is the single most effective way to reduce hospital acquired infections (HAI) – one of the leading causes of preventable deaths globally. Excelion’s RFID technology-based system is a comprehensive and efficient way to monitor compliance automatically.
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What are Hospital Acquired Infections?
HAI stands for Hospital Acquired Infection, Healthcare Associated Infection or Nosocomial Infection. Simply put, an HAI is an infection that a patient acquires while receiving medical treatment at a healthcare facility.
- • 4th leading cause of death in North America
- • HAIs Kill more people than car accidents, AIDS and breast cancer combined
- • 2 million HAIs per year in North America; 99,000 deaths
- • 7% -10% of all U.S. patients contract an HAI while in hospital
- • Patients 5x more likely to die in Hospital due to HAI
- • Billions of dollars in added healthcare costs
Excelion can help cut infection rates in half.