- 04-May-2017
- Social Entrepreneurship
BClean
Abstract
BCleans mission is to revolutionize the way health regions audit hand hygiene. BClean does this through complete innovative solutions through the use of technologies. BClean technology can be easily applied in any circumstance where monitoring and compliance for hand hygiene is essential. We realize that there is a low compliance of hand hygiene in health systems that has been overlooked due to the misconception that health settings are the most sanitary places. BCleans motto is to remind, record, and report all hand hygiene events properly performed by health care workers to create an environment where healthcare is safe to give and receive. BClean manufactures specialist bracelets that use radio-frequency identification (RFID) for real time tracking of each user. Each bracelet is equipped with internal liquid sensing circuits that detect levels of sanitizer applied by each user when they wash their hands. Now more than ever, BClean is needed as the first line of defense in controlling healthcare associates infections (HAI);
there are 1.7 million patients infected each year. Due to these infections, 270 people die each day, hospital stays extend to an average of 8 days (13.6 million days per year).
BClean is designed to:
• protect patients from healthcare associated infections
• help lower cost by lowering infections
• remind HCWs to sanitize their hands before interacting with patients
• provide compressive hand hygiene reports for each users
• eliminate inaccurate observations
With BClean, health care workers, patients and families are consistently assured that hand hygiene is performed. Together, we can create a safe and resilient healthcare system.
B the change, BClean.