Leveraging Technology as a Response to the COVID Pandemic

Chapter 9 Optimizing Infection Control and Hand Hygiene during COVID

Matus Knoblich

DOI: 10.4324/b23264-9

Contents

• Hand Hygiene
• Masks
• Room Cleaning
• Staff
• Conclusion
• Case Study: Orbel—Improving the Habit of Hand Hygiene
• Increasing Compliance at Hospitals
• Restaurants, Retail, Hospitality
• Spreading the Solution: Orbel Distribution Grows
• Getting Back to Normal

The COVID-19 global pandemic changed people’s lives in ways that cannot be overstated. Industries were forever changed, with healthcare policies and procedures being the most directly impacted. As the pandemic swept throughout the world and patients overwhelmed facilities, everyone looked to healthcare to be the savior of lives. With much of the focus on availability of hospital beds ...