New Hand Hygiene Compliance System further demonstrates The Medical City's leading-edge accredited healthcare operations are truly unmatched in Southeast Asia.

PASIG CITY, Metro Manila, Philippines /PRNewswire/ -- The Medical City (TMC), one of the leading JCI accredited healthcare organizations in the world, has announced the successful deployment of a location-enabled, real-time hand hygiene compliance tracking solution. Adhering to the World Health Organization (WHO) five moments for hand hygiene is widely accepted as the best way to reduce hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). However, sustaining hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers has remained elusive in many healthcare facilities, primarily due to the lack of real-time monitoring and corrective action. TMC has now established a reliable and sustainable solution to increase compliance of the facility's hand hygiene protocols through the use of a world-class Real-Time Hospital Measurement System™ (RTHMS™).

Excelion Technology Inc. (Mississauga, ON, CAN) and CenTrak®, Inc. (Newtown, PA, USA), empowered The Medical City to triple its hand hygiene compliance by the third month of the 22-bed ICU project. As a result, hospital acquired infections (HAIs) in the ICU decreased by 48% compared to the same period the previous year. Furthermore, TMC experienced significant reductions to average length of patient stay (LOS). These accomplishments were achieved by deploying Excelion's Real-Time Hospital Measurement System™ (RTHMS™).
The Real-Time Hospital Measurement System™ combines Excelion's proprietary Accreditrack™ software with Lean process transformation consulting and real-time locating technology. Hand hygiene compliance is measured by using the WHO hand hygiene guidelines. TMC adherence to WHO protocols can now be tracked, aggregated and displayed in real-time through the Accreditrack™ software suite. Hand hygiene events are measured using CenTrak's Second Generation Infrared (Gen2IR™) tags worn by caregivers, and the information is relayed wirelessly to the Accreditrack™ system for real-time analysis. If a caregiver misses a hand hygiene opportunity, the caregiver is immediately reminded by an audible alert on their tag. To ensure successful and sustainable cultural change, Excelion also implements Lean Healthcare methodology to map and transform TMC's hand hygiene compliance procedures for improved outcomes.

"The Medical City is extremely proud to have installed the most advanced technologies to ensure the safety of all of our patients and staff members. Not only do we offer world-class facilities, cutting-edge equipment, distinguished medical staff and rigorous patient care processes, but we can now demonstrate our support for improved patient safety initiatives, such as protecting patients and staff from hospital acquired infections (HAIs)", said Dr. Jose Acuin, Medical Quality Improvement Director, The Medical City. "This, indeed, further strengthens The Medical City's stature as a medical destination of choice in the Philippines," he added.

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