EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTION PREVENTION, AND HAND HYGIENE INSIGHTS

New in AJMQ: Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in USA.  A 12-month multicenter study

APIC Conference Brief: Power of Collaboration

Compliance Tips from IPs.  MMI program featured in June ICT.

SHEA Abstract: Hand Hygiene Compliance and Accountability Model

WHO Campaign:  More events beyond May 5!

Word-OUT! National Clean Hands Week

HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE, HAND HYGIENE MEASUREMENT

Make hand hygiene compliance your goal, and measurement your top priority! 

McGuckin Methods International (MMI) provides Infection Preventionists with hand hygiene compliance tools using methodology recognized by the Joint Commission, Centers for Disease Control, and World Health Organization. 

We manage a national database of hand hygiene compliance in the USA, in collaboration with several hundred Infection Preventionists that have participated in the program using product volume measurement as a surrogate for data not obtained via direct observation.

Under the direction of Dr. Maryanne McGuckin, a leading expert in infection prevention, our peer reviewed studies are at the forefront of today's infection prevention research.

The measurement program is simple to implement, no matter how large your hospital or how small your ambulatory care unit, with minimal strain on personnel and budget.

Examples of this program have been reviewed in the Joint Commission Monograph on Hand Hygiene Adherence.

Join hundreds of other healthcare professionals who strive to improve compliance using our reports as part of a feedback-based educational approach.

Learn more about us via our Research & Events links at left, Programs & Services links at right.  Visit our newsletter page for perspectives from IPs using the compliance reporting program.  

Cost-saving, time-efficient method to monitor hand hygiene 24/7.  No software to learn, no equipment to buy.

Compared with the costs with direct observation or with installing electronic measurement devices, product usage measurement is significantly less of a strain on your resources.

Direct observation can cost between $6,600-$36,600 per year.  And even at those costs, you are recording anywhere from 3% to 12% of all hand hygiene activity.

Our product volume measurement program runs $2,000 per year, and your fees may be waived depending on your service plan, making costs even more reasonable.  The methodology monitors hand hygiene 100% of the time.

Visit our enrollment page to help you compare costs and find the best option.

McGuckin Methods International is a listed Patient Safety Organization.  Our mission is to provide programs and services that advocate:

+  Patient Empowerment

+  Hand Hygiene Compliance

+  Consumer Education

E-mail  mcguckin@hhreports.com or telephone (610) 304-2927. We are in the U.S.A. Eastern time zone.

RESOURCES FOR HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE IMPROVEMENT / EDUCATION

Ascertain your compliance leaders and your units in need of interventions with monthly hand hygiene reports, reviewed in JC Monograph

Encourage a purposeful rapport between patient and healthcare worker with our Patient Empowerment model, discussed in WHO Guideline.

We've partnered with industry leaders to bring you many options for a multimodal hand hygiene compliance program.  You decide which plan fits your needs!