VigiLanz System and Infection Prevention

VigiLanz is a system that patients log into during their hospital stay.

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The Infection Prevention module can automatically detect early signs of hospital-acquired infections.

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Pharmacy Surveillance helps pharmacists avoid medication mistakes by checking labs and orders together.

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VigiLanz sends alerts based on random thresholds set by IT teams.

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Safety Management only tracks falls, not other risks like equipment malfunctions or documentation errors.

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VigiLanz can help detect patterns in repeated incidents — like multiple falls in the same unit.

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Hospitals are legally required to report certain infections to the CDC — and VigiLanz helps automate that process.

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If two medications that don’t mix well are prescribed together, VigiLanz has no way of catching that.

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VigiLanz can help prevent extreme safety events, like surgery being performed on the wrong patient or wrong body part.

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Even if you never log into VigiLanz, it’s still helping improve safety and care delivery across the organization.

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