Soap-sniffing technology encourages hand washing to reduce hospital-acquired infections, save money

Call it a Breathalyzer for the hands. Using sensors capable of detecting drugs in breath, new technology developed at University of Florida monitors health-care workers' hand hygiene by detecting sanitizer or soap fumes given off from their hands.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news163256409.html">Soap-sniffing technology encourages hand washing to reduce hospital-acquired infections, save money</a></p> <p>Call it a Breathalyzer for the hands. Using sensors capable of detecting drugs in breath, new technology developed at University of Florida monitors health-care workers' hand hygiene by detecting sanitizer or soap fumes given off from their hands. </p>