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Infection Prevention – invest into health and avoid paying for disease

Infection Prevention – invest into health and avoid paying for disease

HARTMANN GROUP has developed a new programme to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections. Healthcare-associated infections have been a challenge before the COVID-19 pandemic and they...
Understanding hospital germs and how they stick to surfaces

Understanding hospital germs and how they stick to surfaces

With the rise of antibiotic resistance, understanding how germs are spread in hospitals is vital if hospital acquired infections are to be reduced. Researchers at...
Poor NHS medical record sharing is putting patient lives in danger

Poor NHS medical record sharing is putting patient lives in danger

A major survey of medical record keeping in the NHS has revealed critical deficiencies in the record-keeping systems of NHS Trusts. Patient’s lives are in...
Do you think digital health solutions can eliminate healthcare-associated infections?

Do you think digital health solutions can eliminate healthcare-associated infections?

Despite dedicated efforts, the healthcare industry still struggles to tackle issues such as healthcare-associated infections – but could digital health solutions eliminate this issue? According...
Is improving patient care next on Boris Johnson’s to-do list?

Is improving patient care next on Boris Johnson’s to-do list?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an extra £1.8 bn (~€1.9bn) for NHS frontline services, but will improving patient care come with the cash injection? Johnson...
Healthcare consumers empowered by the influence of medical ‘selfies’

Healthcare consumers empowered by the influence of medical ‘selfies’

Taking medical 'selfies' and sharing them with a doctor empowers and reassures healthcare consumers, and can improve doctor-patient relationships, according to QUT. Researchers from Queensland...
WiFi SPARK and Datasym working to reduce food waste and improve patient catering in hospitals

WiFi SPARK and Datasym working to reduce food waste and improve patient catering in...

Integration of Datasym with WiFi SPARK® Media could save hospitals £182,000 (~€203,000) per year, helping to reduce food waste and improve patient catering in...
Study warns that disinfectant in hospitals need to be regulated

Study warns that disinfectant in hospitals need to be regulated

Published in Nature Microbiology, research suggests that the use of disinfectant in hospitals to clean and control infections should be regulated as resistance may...
Overcrowded hospitals are becoming increasingly common ahead of Christmas

Overcrowded hospitals becoming increasingly common before Christmas

According to the BBC, England is experiencing overcrowded hospitals with eight accident and emergency units having had to turn away patients arriving in ambulances. The...

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