DebMed Partners with APIC in Support of International Infection Prevention Week

DebMed Partners with APIC in Support of International Infection Prevention Week PR Newswire CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 25, 2012 - Company is "Leading the Change" by educating the public and empowering hospital quality leaders to adopt hand hygiene best practices that reduce infections and save lives CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DebMed®, creator of the world's first electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, today announced its partnership with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) in support of International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), October 14-20, 21012. Proper hand hygiene is proven to be vital to infection prevention, so DebMed has donated 250 hand sanitizers to the Greater New York APIC Chapter to be distributed to local shelters and group homes in New York City as part of a community outreach project to educate about and promote awareness of infection prevention. Additionally, DebMed donated 250 hand sanitizers to the Corpus Christi, Texas APIC chapter, which will be distributed at their "Day at the Beach" educational event at Texas A&M University.