Crede Technologies Inc. is a company dedicated to specialized custom software development for the Health Care Industry. Our focus is on building systems to support improved Quality and Patient Safety in acute, residential, and community settings with an emphasis on auditing and monitoring tools.
It is well recognized that an effective hand hygiene audit system plays an important role in infection prevention and patient safety across all healthcare settings. CleanHands® is a practical way to assess hand hygiene practices, and collect and report meaningful audit data. CleanHands® helps organizations move beyond paper-based processes by providing a digital platform for collecting, managing, analyzing, and reporting hand hygiene audit data.
Preventing healthcare-associated infections begins with understanding how pathogens spread whether through direct contact, indirect contact, or through the air (as highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic). Hand hygiene (alcohol based hand rub or soap and water) is the first step at breaking links in the chain of transmission. However, simply performing hand hygiene isn't enough: proper technique matters. Healthcare workers need to wash or rub for approximately 20 seconds, thoroughly cleaning and sanitizing palms, fingers, thumbs, and nails. Furthermore, wearing gloves does not eliminate the need for proper hand hygiene.
A comprehensive hand hygiene audit helps healthcare organizations measure compliance, identify opportunities for staff education, and strengthen infection prevention efforts. Beyond the standard moments, auditors can also record key contributing factors to possible hand hygiene failures such as rings, watches, bracelets, long or artificial nails, and improper glove usage can also be audited.
CleanHands® simplifies the direct-observation hand hygiene audit process into five straightforward steps:
CleanHands® provides healthcare organizations with the tools they need to make direct-observation hand hygiene audits easier, more efficient, and more consistent.
Our scalable Hand Hygiene Audit System is engineered to meet the unique needs of:
1. What is the CleanHands® Hand Hygiene Audit System?
CleanHands® is a mobile and web-based audit software that helps healthcare organizations record, capture, analyze, and report hand hygiene compliance using standardized direct observation methods
2. Why are hand hygiene audits important?
Regular audits help reduce healthcare-associated infections, protect vulnerable patients, identify compliance gaps, educate staff on proper washing techniques, and support quality improvement.
3. Does the system align with WHO guidelines?
Yes! CleanHands® is fully built around the WHO Five Moments guideline and supports direct observation methodology, the recognized gold standard in hand hygiene auditing. the system can be modified to accommodate Canada’s Four Moments for Hand Hygiene.
4. Does the system support multiple healthcare facilities?
Yes! CleanHands® enables organizations to collect and consolidate audit data from multiple sites through a centralized reporting portal, helping to standardize data collection and analysis
5. Can audit data be exported?
Yes! Users can export reports and datasets for additional analysis, leadership presentations, or regulatory reporting.
6. Is this also a hand washing audit tool?
Yes! CleanHands® functions as both an alcohol-based hand rub audit tool and a hand washing audit tool, enabling healthcare organizations to digitally capture observation data, evaluate technique quality, automate reporting, and improve patient safety.
Take the first step toward a safer healthcare environment
CleanHands® empowers healthcare organizations to digitize manual audit processes, reduce administrative workload, and strengthen infection prevention through accurate digital auditing.