UNIQUE CAPABILITIES Immediate evaluation of hand rubbing technique Software-based, objective, personalized feedback on hand hygiene Validated, evidence-based technology Personalized training and audit service Fully customizable reporting system Fostering technologically-induced behavioral change

1. WORLD SEMMELWEIS YEAR
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Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865)

2. A GROWING GLOBAL PROBLEM
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Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI)
€34bn indirect cost in the EU $96bn annual cost in the US

3. REDUCING HAI
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Hand Hygiene Technique with Alcohol-Based
Formulation
Responsible application of hand disinfectants
• Most effective and
most cost-
effective:
• Proper hand
hygiene
Source: Kampf, 2010; 2007,
Nearly 30% of HAI are preventable

4. IMPROPER HAND HYGIENE
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Taylor et al.
1978
Hand-in-Scan team's
study 2014
Most frequently missed
Frequently missed
Less frequently missed
No change in almost 40 years!!!

5. IMPROPER HAND HYGIENE
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Joint campaign with Singapore
• Nearly 10.000 health-care workers measured: 27% failed
• Publication: BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/13/249/abstract
2011: 4,762 participants 2013: 4,848 participants

6. OUR SOLUTION
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7. A SOLUTION THAT WORKS
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A. Lehotsky, L. Szilagyi, et al. “The quantitative impact of direct, personal feedback
on hand hygiene technique,” J. of Hospital Infection (IF: 2.78) vol. 91, issue 1, pp. 81–
84, 2015.
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Rate of failed hand disinfections

8. HOW SEMMELWEIS SCANNER WORKS
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Original
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Analyzed
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9. FOR DECISION MAKERS
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• Customized online access to data
https://reporting.handinscan.com/

10. NO. OF MISSED AREA
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33
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17
17
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Most frequently missed
Frequently missed

11. MICROBIOLOGICAL VALIDATION – ANTSZ
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Surface contaminated with apatogen bacteria Rubbed
with UV-congaing disinfectant

12. SELECTED REFERENCES
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13. HAND-IN-SCAN AT AKH
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Vienna General Hospital, PIC

14. HAND-IN-SCAN BASIC KIT
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15. DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
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• Austrian Center for Medical
Innovation and Technology
www.acmit.at
• Budapest University of
Technology and Economics
www.bme.hu

16. www.handinscan.com
info@handinscan.com
@handinscan
Hand In Scan
www.linkedin.com/company/hand-in-scan
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
/Benjamin Franklin/
CONTACT
Dr. NAGY Ferenc
+40-771-496645