In a recent Westminster debate, ‘Raising standards of infection prevention and control in the NHS’, Andrea Jenkyns, MP for Morley and Outwood, raised her concerns regarding hand hygiene and infection prevention, and the current method of direct observation to measure hand hygiene compliance.
Andrea shares her story and the role that electronic monitoring systems need to play in order to make a positive change for the future.
A Westminster debate addressed the use of electronic monitoring systems to measure hand hygiene compliance and reduce infection rates. All parties present addressed the flaws of direct observation and the impact that capturing inaccurate hand hygiene data has on patients and the NHS. The debate also focused on how technology can improve hand hygiene compliance and what actions need to be taken to reduce costs and increase patient safety within the NHS.
In 2011, my father had been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. The consultant advised that as we had caught it early, he could expect to live another 10 years after a lung operation.
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