According to the CDC every year in the US, over 2 million people get an infection after they are admitted to a hospital, of which 100,000 are fatal. This is more deaths than those that occur from AIDS, breast cancer and car accidents combined, every single year. With an average treatment cost of an HAI at $16,000, the direct medical cost of this challenge are estimated at $32 billion.
Research shows that up to 70% of these infections are preventable through increased hand hygiene, yet on average US hospitals have a 40% compliance rate with guidelines; meaning that our staffs are sanitizing their hands less than half the time they are supposed to.
Furthermore, in most hospitals today, hand hygiene performance is still monitored manually. Nurses are required to observe their peers and record compliance rates with pen and paper, transcribe it to and excel sheet which is then compiled into a report. This data is expensive, inaccurate and most importantly not actionable.
Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $22M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | TEXO Ventu... | texoventur... |
| - | Pritzker G... | pritzkergr... |
| - | Eclipse Ve... | eclipse.vc |
| - | Healthbox | healthbox.... |
| - | Blue Ventu... | blueventur... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.12.2017 | - | $10.6M | - |
| 11.06.2015 | - | $9.7M | - |
| 06.05.2014 | - | $1.7M | - |
Mentions in press and media 22
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 09.05.2023 | “Innovators for Leapfrog” Launching to Fuel Investment in Pa... | “We are proud to be part of the Innovators of Leapfrog because we share the same mission of making h... | prweb.com/... |
| 12.08.2019 | How Livongo Just Opened the Floodgate to a Digital Healthcar... | In the future, when we analyze moments in time when true innovation transformed an industry, we’ll r... | hpa.vc/how... |
| 28.12.2017 | Midwest Report: All of the Region’s Major Tech Fundings, M&a... | While we’re primarily focused on Chicago's innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of the s... | bizjournal... |
| 28.12.2017 | Midwest Report: All of the Region’s Major Tech Fundings, M&a... | While we’re primarily focused on the Twin Cities innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of... | bizjournal... |
| 26.12.2017 | Chicago Tech Raised $113M in December | Chicago-area tech and startup companies received at least $113 million in venture capital funding in... | bizjournal... |
| 07.12.2017 | SwipeSense Raises $10.6M Series B2 Funding Round | SwipeSense, a Chicago, IL-based healthcare technology company, raised a $10.6m Series B2 funding rou... | finsmes.co... |
| 07.12.2017 | SwipeSense Snags $10.6M for its Connected Hospital Platform | Chicago startup SwipeSense wants to get more doctors to wash their hands, and provide hospitals with... | bizjournal... |
| 07.12.2017 | SwipeSense raises $10.6M for Internet of Things push | SwipeSense’s goal to get hospital staff to wash their hands more often led to something much bigge... | ocaventure... |
| 07.12.2017 | SwipeSense Lands $10.6M to Expand Location-Aware Hospital Ap... | SwipeSense, a Chicago-based healthcare technology company has raised a $10.6 million in Series B2 fu... | hitconsult... |
| 11.06.2015 | Digital health startup using hand hygiene tool to reduce HAI... | It includes a few different components. A wearable dispenser with recyclable gel cartridges dishes o... | medcitynew... |
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