LOS ANGELES – (BUSINESS WIRE) – August 23, 2022–
In response to the market demand for a stronger and more reliable hand hygiene compliance monitoring solution, Vitalacy, Inc., today announced the release of the new SmartSensor Gen4, a smarter, faster and more powerful device to monitor and improve safety initiatives with healthcare partners.
Designed to capture hand hygiene compliance data and to provide real-time reminders to perform hand hygiene at critical moments of patient care, the new Vitalacy Gen4 SmartSensor has built-in capabilities for future products currently undergoing development of Vitalacy. In addition to containing improved hardware and firmware, the sensor now includes a gyroscope and animated screen and offers longer battery life. These features bring more value to healthcare professionals seeking to improve quality and safety measures that save lives.
“Our fourth generation wearable device is a more powerful and durable sensor designed and manufactured by our team of Vitalacy engineers and developers,” said Dylan Humphrey, Vitalacy’s vice president of Engineering. Many of these improvements have been the result of direct customer and user feedback using Gen3 SmartSensor in the healthcare environment. “This new device was developed with future applications in mind, including healthcare worker messaging, duress buttons and patient drop alerts,” added Humphrey.
The Gen4 SmartSensor is placed inside a band worn on the user’s wrist or a clip holder worn on the user’s upper torso. IoT-enabled devices throughout the facility monitor dispenser usage and patient room entry and exit for recent hand washes. The device uses Bluetooth to monitor hand hygiene behaviors such as compliance and wash duration, and reminds staff to wash at the point of care if they forget and to wash longer if the wash is too short. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend washing your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water or a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if soap is not available.
Gen4 SmartSensor is the latest enhancement to the Vitalacy Patient Safety Platform, a suite of products that includes hand hygiene compliance monitoring, nursing workflow and rounding monitoring, contact tracing and a fall hazard warning. The platform can monitor workflow in near real time, allowing healthcare companies to monitor rounding, healthcare worker fatigue, and contact tracking. These innovative measures help reduce the risk of infection and improve the patient experience.
1 in 31 patients suffers from a healthcare acquired infection (HAI) every day.
On any given day, about 1 in 31 patients in the hospital have at least one ICA, according to the CDC. The World Health Organization states that “hand hygiene is one of the most effective actions you can take to reduce the spread of pathogens and prevent infections, including the COVID-19 virus.” Lack of real-time hand hygiene feedback and coaching has been a major barrier to hand hygiene compliance, according to survey results presented by a hospital network at the 2022 Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
To meet Leapfrog Group standards, healthcare organizations must complete at least 100 hand hygiene opportunity observations per month per unit, with observations occurring on all days of the week and on all shifts. Due to the difficulty, expense, and inherent bias of making these observations through direct human monitoring, organizations are increasingly turning to electronic hand hygiene monitoring solutions to meet Leapfrog’s criteria.
“Vitalacy is constantly innovating, leading the market with first-rate solutions to meet the growing needs of its customers,” said Janel Nour-Omid, CEO and co-founder of Vitalacy. “This recent innovation enhances the Vitalacy suite of products and demonstrates an investment in future development and integration capabilities with the company’s offerings.”
About vitality
Vitalacy is a healthcare technology company focused on preventing infections and acquired conditions in healthcare with smart sensors and wearable devices. We use automated technology solutions to improve patient outcomes, protect the workforce, and promote quality and safety measures that save lives. Providing true and transparent compliance data provides a powerful and sustainable foundation for the growth of healthcare organizations and their patients. Vitalacy.com
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