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Electronic Badges Make Hand Hygiene Visible
The Biovigil System visibly alerts patients to the cleanliness of care-
givers' hands without requiring them to ask. Employees clip electronic
badges, which contain chemical sensors and track their patient room
entries and exits, to their scrubs. After hand hygiene activity, wearers
hold a hand near the badge, triggering a detection signal. A green hand
icon indicates clean hands, while yellow indicates the need for hand
washing and red indicates non-compliance. The company says its all-
inclusive installation, monitoring, servicing and upgrading costs, on
average, $2 to $3 per day, per room.
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