DebMed has introduced enhancements to its award-winning DebMed Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring System with a software upgrade to version 2.0. It is designed to simplify reporting procedures for product usage, streamline operations and workflow, improve access to data and provide new advanced features for system administrators.

The DebMed System is the first and only electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system clinically proven to provide accurate feedback to hospitals on hand hygiene compliance rates based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Five Moments for Hand Hygiene and CDC guidelines. The badge-free DebMed System captures 100% of hand hygiene events and predicts WHO 5 Moment hand hygiene opportunities, providing true compliance scores for the hospital unit to improve and sustain performance, which has been shown in a clinical study to reduce HAIs.

New features of the 2.0 upgrade include:

• An upgraded dashboard that provides an instant snapshot of key metrics such as
  • A unit performance graph
  • Current compliance rates compared to previous timeframes and unit goals
  • Top and bottom performing units
  • More hand hygiene educational content
• Optimized navigation and a new communication box on the main dashboard that keeps users informed of all new updates on the DebMed portal; and
• Upgraded product usage reports enabling facilities to ensure staff are following proper protocol for C. diff cases.

The new DebMed software 2.0 upgrade also provides advanced features for administrative users, including the ability to set and change unit goals and manage unit-specific and user information.

“The new DebMed 2.0 software enhances the user experience and provides access to important data more quickly,” said DebMed VP of Marketing, Ron Chappuis. “This upgrade is a result of our partnership with our customers, because we’re always listening to their suggestions on how to improve the program to help streamline operations and improve workflow.”  

All upgrades to the DebMed reporting software are included at no extra cost to DebMed customers. Version 2.0 is now live, Chappuis added.

For a demonstration of the new 2.0 software, visit the DebMed booth (#1108) at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Annual Conference, June 14-16 in Portland, Ore., or go tohttp://info.debmed.com/gms_2.0_video.