Hy-genie was founded to tackle the scourge of infections spreading through hospitals known as HCAIs – or healthcare-associated infections.
HCAIs can be caused by medical treatments and surgery, but also simply from being in a hospital setting. Their prevalence is made worse by poor hand hygiene levels in hospitals.
With improved hand sanitisation, these infections would be harder to spread – so Hy-genie has created hardware designed to monitor the usage of sanitisation products across hospitals, and let medical professionals accurately measure their own levels of hand hygiene. Based on existing NHS infrastructures and undisruptive to implement, Hy-genie has set out to improve hygiene in hospitals and save the health service millions.
Founded: 2017
Founder: Dr Richard Cooke with Nova
Website: hygenie.io
