MCH implemented HyGreen Hand Hygiene Recording and Reminding System and reported a 67 percent drop in healthcare-associated infections from Oct. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2011. Other results from the study include the following:
• Hand hygiene observations increased by 1,000 percent.
• Hand hygiene compliance was consistently maintained above 90 percent for all shifts.
• In reviewing three years of infection data, urinary tract infections and bloodstream infections decreased 100 percent and central line bloodstream infections decreased 84.4 percent.
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