At the Parker Health Group facility, they knew what just about everyone knew about long-term care. In particular, during public health emergencies, it is better to standardize infection control protocols.
As a result, they didn’t just pay attention. They became experts throughout the building. In fact, improving hand hygiene has become the goal of the initiative, McKnights Skilled Nursing Technology Award in Quality category.
Five Parkers households will deploy the BioVigil Hand Hygiene Solution in early 2021. This wearable (i.e. badge) provides cues via audio, visual, and vibration reminders when care-her partners are not performing hand hygiene. alcohol-based sanitizer. When the care partner performs hand hygiene, the icon turns green when they pass their hand in front of the badge. If hand hygiene is not performed within the specified time, the badge will remain red.
The technology has not only improved hygiene practices, but it has also made contact tracing more efficient and accurate. Each “badge” is linked to the employee wearing it during their shift, so staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are otherwise ill will be able to access the rooms and care of all residents who enter. You can track your contact for every room you provide. This is invaluable as it allows us to quickly identify potentially affected residents so that rapid action can be taken if necessary.
Sanjay Gupta, President and CEO of BioVigil, said: “Rather than focusing solely on compliance, the team has set high standards in creating a culture of safety by focusing on participation and education, and communicating the value of hand hygiene to residents and staff.”
Parker Health Group achieved over 95% hand hygiene adherence overall, saved staff time and increased efficiency over direct observation, and received a Gold Award for positive feedback from care partners and families. rice field. These results also improved the satisfaction and experience of residents, families and care partners.
Other winners in the skilled nursing track quality category are:
• The Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation in New Hyde Park, New York received a silver award for educational video resources for residents.
• The Bronze Award went to Garden Spot Communities, New Holland, Pennsylvania, for its “Sonic Journeys” web application and Momentum’s application for rehabilitation and nursing, East Islip, NY, for its Vios ECG monitoring system in the South Bay. .
Read about the quality category winners in the Skilled Nursing track on McKnight’s Senior Living website and the Home Care track on McKnight’s Home Care website.
See the list of 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards Skilled Nursing track winners here.
KARE is the Platinum Sponsor of the 2022 McKnight’s Tech Awards + Summit. Gold sponsors are iN2L + LifeLoop, IntelyCare, and Saiva. To view the virtual awards presentation and recording of the summit webinar, please visit mcknights.com/100422techawards.
