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.
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 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.10.2024 | SwipeSense Celebrates One Year of Unified Leadership: Driving Behavioral Change Through Hand Hygiene Technology | Partnership unites cutting-edge technology with human expertise, setting new standards in hospital safety. CHICAGO, Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SwipeSense, a pioneer in hand hygiene technology backed by behavioral change expertise, ... |
| 09.05.2023 | “Innovators for Leapfrog” Launching to Fuel Investment in Patient Safety | “We are proud to be part of the Innovators of Leapfrog because we share the same mission of making hospitals safer for patients," said Katie Treptow, MBA, Senior Director of Marketing, Medline. Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 09, 2023 WASHI... |
| 12.08.2019 | How Livongo Just Opened the Floodgate to a Digital Healthcare Wave | In the future, when we analyze moments in time when true innovation transformed an industry, we’ll remember an event that happened just a couple of weeks ago: Livongo’sIPO. By the end of its trading debut — which left the company valued at ... |
| 28.12.2017 | Midwest Report: All of the Region’s Major Tech Fundings, M&As, and IPOs in December | While we’re primarily focused on Chicago's innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of the startup and tech activity happening throughout the entire Midwest. Here are the major tech fundings, acquisitions, mergers, moves, and IPOs t... |
| 28.12.2017 | Midwest Report: All of the Region’s Major Tech Fundings, M&As, and IPOs in December | While we’re primarily focused on the Twin Cities innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of the startup and tech activity happening throughout the entire Midwest. Here are the major tech fundings, acquisitions, mergers, moves, and ... |
| 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 December as the year comes to a close. It’s a dip from November, when Chicago tech raised more than $184 million. But it’s still a strong f... |
| 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 round. The round was led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from Sandbox Industries and other existing technology and healthcare investors... |
| 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 internet-of-things technology to keep healthcare facilities connected. To do so, the company announced Thursday that it has raised $10.6 mi... |
| 07.12.2017 | SwipeSense raises $10.6M for Internet of Things push | |
| 07.12.2017 | SwipeSense Lands $10.6M to Expand Location-Aware Hospital Apps | SwipeSense, a Chicago-based healthcare technology company has raised a $10.6 million in Series B2 funding led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from Sandbox Industries and other existing technology and healthcare investors. The compan... |
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