An Integrated Hand Hygiene
Compliance and Skin Care Programme
Compliance and Skin Care Programme
Setting higher standards to prevent healthcare acquired infections
Achieving proven clinical outcomes against healthcare-associated infections
The DebMed® Programme integrates three key elements: Essential Products / Vital Information / Highest Standards to allow for a tailored hand hygiene compliance and skin care programme to be installed in to any healthcare environment. The programme ensures the right products are available where and when needed, enables hand hygiene and skin care best practice and will bring real sustainable health and financial benefits to hospitals, patients and staff.
DebMed® is a unique, integrated hand hygiene compliance and skin care programme that is customised to each healthcare environment. The DebMed® Programme is proven to increase hand hygiene compliance and reduce HCAIs like MRSA by 42%. In a breakthrough 3-year clinical study (2012 - 2015) at a large US academic medical centre, the DebMed® Programme was proven to: Improve hand hygiene compliance by 25.5%, reduce HCAIs like MRSA by 42% and result in overall cost savings of $434,0001.
Challenges & Best Practice
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Healthcare Associated Infections
Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs) remain a persistent threat for patient safety, hospital reputation and the risk of financial repercussions and penalties.
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About Hand Hygiene
A lack of hand hygiene compliance by healthcare staff continues to be a significant contributor to the spread of pathogens, resulting in HCAI’s.
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Hand Hygiene Best Practice
Implementing best practice makes a significant difference in increasing compliance and reducing HCAI’s.
Our Approach
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Essential Products
A complete range of hand hygiene and skin care products developed specifically for healthcare and safe for frequent use.
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Vital Information
An electronic system proven to be an accurate and reliable method of measuring hand hygiene compliance following the WHO ‘5-Moments’.
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Highest Standards of Behaviour
We support you to change staff behaviour and meet the highest standards of skin care.
News & Blog
KEEPING THE BUGS AT BAY
18/10/2016 - 13:07 The spread of infections represents a serious risk for any care home. Rigorous hand hygiene is... MoreLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Case Study
05/02/2015 - 09:49 You've got to hand it to Leeds Case Study - Staff and patient inspired hand hygiene campaigns... More
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Tackling the rise of E. coli with effective hand hygiene
14 May 2019
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Clean care for all – it's in your hands
7 May 2019Each year, hundreds of millions of patients around the world are affected by healthcare associated infections (HCAIs). HCAIs are the most frequent adverse event in healthcare, with hand...
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Champion Clean Care This World Hand Hygiene Day
30 Apr 2019Does your healthcare facility meet current infection prevention and control standards? If they’re not following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “ My 5 Moments for Hand...
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A handy guide for appropriate glove use
23 Apr 2019Within the healthcare industry, glove use has become a key aspect of ward culture and is considered to be an important control measure for protecting both patients and staff. Yet...
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Highlighting good hand hygiene practice for Glove Awareness Week
16 Apr 2019
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Touchscreens vectors of infectious disease
9 Apr 2019From self-check-in, at airports to self-checkout at grocery stores, touch-screen technology is increasingly becoming an integral part of our daily lives. Touted as time saving and...
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