Who Would Do It...Monitor Handwashing?

If your hospital had one of those new fangled doohickey systems that monitor your handwashing via your badge and an infrared sensor, etc. which department would monitor and report the results? I'm thinking IT, or maybe if it's a big hospital, the specialized infection control department? I'm doing a paper and trying to get an idea of who would (or who is currently) monitoring something like that...Seems like IT would def need to be involved, right? Or am I wrong about that??
Infection control. IT is not a clinical department.

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Quote from onacleardayInfection control. IT is not a clinical department.

yep big brother is watching staffs every move in hospitals from room tracking devices to hand sanitation---please make sure that all lab, environmental and medical personal are tracked too along with familiy members to close the infection potential loop...search engine google is such a great friend: monitor handwashing + infection control reports uthcpc procedures - introduction to infection controlmonitor handwashing practices of direct care staff ... the infection control practitioner reports the nosocomial infection rate to the infection control committee

Well, this would already have been worked out prior to purchase and implementation of such a system. In research prior to purchase, IT and Infection Control might meet to discover what type of data/acuracy could be gleaned from such a system and how to integrate. Infection Control people should have clinical research background and approach this like any other project. They would report to the powers that be. The powers that be would meet and decide what to do with the results as far as specific employee compliance, etc. is involved.

Wow. While hand hygiene is doubtless important, the concept of being monitored while performing it is definately creepy. Some of the local hospitals here (thankfully not the one I work in) make staff wear a tracking device while on the floor; I don't like it- it's like being microchipped. So Orwellian!

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ty for your kind words and generous support. it's so good knowing that there is a place such as an to go to when bouncing ideas off of others in the field. to know that when you don't have experience in the area you're needing help with, that you can get support from those that do...to not know the correct terminology of things and have the wonderful people here that are professionals, help with finding the info...that's such a help and you, as well as the others are a real blessing.Quote from nrskarenrnyep big brother is watching staffs every move in hospitals from room tracking devices to hand sanitation---please make sure that all lab, environmental and medical personal are tracked too along with familiy members to close the infection potential loop...search engine google is such a great friend: monitor handwashing + infection control reportsinfo on "handwash sensing devices"an thread: miami hospital tests technology to monitor hand-washing hygienic design article describes sinks and devices being implimented to improve infection control.

Quote from onacleardayWell, this would already have been worked out prior to purchase and implementation of such a system. In research prior to purchase, IT and Infection Control might meet to discover what type of data/acuracy could be gleaned from such a system and how to integrate. Infection Control people should have clinical research background and approach this like any other project. They would report to the powers that be. The powers that be would meet and decide what to do with the results as far as specific employee compliance, etc. is involved.

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Quote from MECO28Wow. While hand hygiene is doubtless important, the concept of being monitored while performing it is definately creepy. Some of the local hospitals here (thankfully not the one I work in) make staff wear a tracking device while on the floor; I don't like it- it's like being microchipped. So Orwellian!