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Global WHO Study: IPC Performance Lags in Higher-Income Nations

Case Studies, Infectious Disease / Vitalacy Team

Countries with lower average per-capital income generally lack the financial resources and facilities necessary for effective infection control and prevention (IPC), as one might expect. What’s surprising, however, are the mediocre IPC results in higher-income countries with access to funding and with the ability to implement and monitor IPC programs including hand hygiene compliance monitoring. […]

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Webinars: Clear, Useful COVID-19 Info for Health Care Professionals

Best Practices, Infectious Disease / Vitalacy Team

The SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a challenge around providing clear and useful information for nurses and other health care professionals. I thought I could contribute to our field by producing several short, easily ‘digestible’ webinars covering topics which nurses (and others) would find helpful and do not duplicate other educational efforts. I was fortunate

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Enterprise Safety Technology Helps LA Businesses Reopen Safely

Best Practices, Hand Hygiene / Vitalacy Team

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Fuel Cycle, Inc., a technology leader in market research and experience management, is the first business in Los Angeles to reopen with Vitalacy’s workplace safety technology. Fuel Cycle Human Resources Director, Yami Rodriguez was searching for a way to keep staff safe while offices slowly reopened. “We needed

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Better Infection Control in Post-Acute Care After COVID-19

Hand Hygiene, Infectious Disease / Vitalacy Team

As COVID-19 daily mortality figures peak and begin to decline in many parts of America, more attention is being turned to the post-acute care that a high percentage of COVID-19 survivors will need. While data on COVID-19 patients requiring post-acute care are limited, Medicare data suggest that about 30 percent of the patients recovering from

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Herd Immunity: When Are We Getting There?

Infectious Disease / Vitalacy Team

An epidemic ends once the spread of the infection stops and most of the population has either developed immunity or has been vaccinated. It may also end when the number of those recovered passes a certain threshold. At that point, the population achieves something called “herd immunity.” Imagine a person that has never been exposed

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Looking Ahead: Supporting Care Providers Post-COVID-19

Best Practices, Hand Hygiene, Infectious Disease / Vitalacy Team

While government agencies and healthcare organizations play important roles during states of emergency, the agility of startups provides a means to address immediate problems requiring innovative solutions. Right now, we’re seeing many private companies urgently working to develop COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines, as well as to manufacture and distribute personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators

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Sustaining Fall Prevention with Predictive, Electronic & Visual Aids

Best Practices, Patient Safety, Technology / Vitalacy Team

Preventing Falls with Predictive Tools Hospitals have been making progress in fall prevention, but the most recent data still show a significant problem that increases both mortality and medical costs. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, 2016) reported that fall rates at United States hospitals declined by about 15 percent between 2010 and

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Understanding Critical Factors in COVID-19 Decision Making

Infectious Disease, Regulations / Vitalacy Team

We are at a unique moment in history that will decide the future trajectory of our country. Preventative measures have brought our economy to a grinding halt in an attempt to control the pandemic caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus (COVID-19). America must decide when and how to restart our economy by eventually bringing the lockdown

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How Gentle Hand Hygiene Reminders Prevent Infections and Save Lives

Case Studies, Hand Hygiene, Infectious Disease / Vitalacy Team

Hand Hygiene Reminders Save Lives It’s well known among infection control experts that hand hygiene is the best defense against the spread of viral and bacterial infections. Soap and water lifts and washes different kinds of bacteria and viruses – including the various strains of coronavirus – down the drain. In addition to using soap

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5 Characteristics of Reliable Hand Hygiene Monitoring Systems

Hand Hygiene, Patient Safety, Technology / Vitalacy Team

Technology in the healthcare workplace can evoke passionate responses from managers and staff, both positive and negative. Any individual response generally depends upon the experiences a person has had with technology in the past. Memories of glitches and downtime often bring skepticism. User-friendly, time-saving technology is welcomed and appreciated. From where I stand as a

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