How big an issue are infections in care homes?
Portfolio company Proxximos recently published a white paper on care home infection research.
Proxximos has developed a propriety wearable solution that uses machine learning to identify, track and prevent infection. Their technology also has other exciting and beneficial potential applications.
In their recent white paper, Proxximos posed the question of 'how big an issue is infection in care homes'? Their paper provides insights that may be of interest to care providers.
Through their research, they've found challenges in relation to infection rates, the impact on staff and families of those in care homes, antimicrobial resistance, bed blocking (preventing new admissions) and ongoing challenges in relation to infection control.
The study concluded "these challenges cannot be properly addressed without resolving the tension between two objectives: maintaining resident quality of life; and enacting good IPC practice – but which can reduce the homely feel of an environment".
Read their findings and the research their paper was based on via the Proxximos website: https://proxximos.com/how-big-...