HAND IN SCAN - SEMMELWEIS SCANNER: HandInScan offers a complex solution for reducing nosocomial infections by controlling and developing a hand disinfection technique. Proper hand hygiene is the key to prevent the spread of the virus, the Semmelweis System can help against the COVID-19 epidemic by reducing infections due to inadequate hand hygiene. The Semmelweis hand scanner offers hospital workers receive immediate visual, objective, and personal feedback of their hand-hygiene technique while effectively teach and control hand rubbing by providing objective feedback based on digital imaging technology. The System provides Management and infection control benefits from a real-time, customizable reporting system, which ensures the monitoring of hand hygiene risk factors and the identification of areas to be developed.
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HandInScan is a Hungarian company that offers a complex solution for reducing nosocomial infections by controlling and developing a hand disinfection technique. Even in high-class hospitals, the chance of contracting healthcare-associated infections (HAI) is still unacceptably high globally (7%+), however, this number can be significantly reduced with proper hand hygiene. The Semmelweis Scanner is powered by the innovative HandInScan technology, which was tested in several hospitals. The failure rate (percentage of participants performed inadequate hand rubbing) dropped significantly from 42% to 13% while using the Semmelweis Scanner for immediate feedback.