Danielle Updegraff, BSN, RN

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Danielle Updegraff, BSN, RN, is a clinical nurse educator at CenTrak. Updegraff has more than 20 years of experience as an RN. Before joining CenTrak, she managed third-party technologies at a large integrated delivery network, including nurse call automation, asset tracking, and hand hygiene monitoring.

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An example of a real-time location system. (Image credit: CenTrak)

How Emerging Technologies Increase Hand Hygiene Adherence and Reduce Infections

John Stehle, PhD, CIC;Danielle Updegraff, BSN, RN
June 24th 2024

Health care-associated infections (HAIs) affect over 680,000 patients annually in the U.S. Unlike manual methods, automated hand hygiene monitoring can significantly improve compliance and reduce HAIs.