World Hand Hygiene Day is May 5, and UMF Corporation is taking this occasion to remind healthcare administrators and staff that without environmental hand hygiene as a component, hand-washing programs will likely fail in reducing preventable healthcare-associated infections.
"Studies show that hand hygiene compliance is typically well below 50 percent, but even if it were possible to achieve 100 percent compliance, hand hygiene as a solitary initiative will have little if any impact on reducing preventable HAIs," said George Clarke, CEO of UMF Corporation, a developer of infection prevention products. "It's all for naught if the first surface contacted in a hospital by a disinfected or gloved hand is contaminated. Environmental hygiene is a prerequisite to hand hygiene — or at least it should be."
For several years, UMF Corporation has been promoting the need for multimodal intervention programs that, in addition to hand and environmental hygiene, include enterprise-wide support, education, training, best practices and innovative methodologies supported by high-performance products capable of significantly reducing pathogens in all patient environments.
The World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other partners celebrate World Hand Hygiene Day. The goal is to encourage healthcare providers to promote good hand hygiene measures to reduce the risk of infection among patients.
UMF Corporation delivers advanced, patented antimicrobial technology with industry-leading PerfectCLEAN products, education, training, motivation and support.
Learn more about PerfectCLEAN at www.perfectclean.com.
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"Studies show that hand hygiene compliance is typically well below 50 percent, but even if it were possible to achieve 100 percent compliance, hand hygiene as a solitary initiative will have little if any impact on reducing preventable HAIs," said George Clarke, CEO of UMF Corporation, a developer of infection prevention products. "It's all for naught if the first surface contacted in a hospital by a disinfected or gloved hand is contaminated. Environmental hygiene is a prerequisite to hand hygiene — or at least it should be."
For several years, UMF Corporation has been promoting the need for multimodal intervention programs that, in addition to hand and environmental hygiene, include enterprise-wide support, education, training, best practices and innovative methodologies supported by high-performance products capable of significantly reducing pathogens in all patient environments.
The World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other partners celebrate World Hand Hygiene Day. The goal is to encourage healthcare providers to promote good hand hygiene measures to reduce the risk of infection among patients.
UMF Corporation delivers advanced, patented antimicrobial technology with industry-leading PerfectCLEAN products, education, training, motivation and support.
Learn more about PerfectCLEAN at www.perfectclean.com.
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