3. SureWash
• Research Problem
– Very fast motions, partially
hidden, different backgrounds
• Prototype in Trinity College
– Gerry Lacey and David Llorca
• Market Opportunity
– Food & Health
• TCD Patent Application
4. The Problem in Hospitals
DEATHS
100,000 people in US & 140,000 in EU
COSTS
USA $7 Billion & EU $6.5 Billion
5. Development and Field testing
• Undergraduate guinea pigs
– Chocolate as bribes
• EARLY FIELD TESTING taught us lots!
– HSE and NHS in Northern Ireland
– Differences in technique
– The WHO approach
• Results of Technology Development
– Vision system & GUI progressed well
8. Moving toward Commercial 2009
• Enterprise Ireland Comm+
support
– Product design on PC platform
– Commercial mentor
– Developed SureWash brand
– Improve Reliability
• Further development & field
trials
– Beaumont Hospital
9. Field Trial
• Compliance Focus
• NHS trial Broomfield Hospital
– 8 units for 6 months on a surgical ward
• Results
– Baseline results (screen turned off)
• 15% had perfect technique (240 washes)
– Screen turned improved practice
• 46% had perfect technique (3206 washes)
– 20% ignored the system completely
• Points to need for incentives for compliance
• Feedback mobile cart would be
better
10. Improve Product-Market Fit
• Technology Development
– Focus on Training
– Touch Screen interface
– Rewrite the software
– Cart based design
• Lots of testing with users
11. SureWash founded 2011
• Seasoned team focused
on Bootstrap
• Built first training cart
• First Customer
– Ann Higgins in the Mater
Private
• Support from EI and TCD
– Innovation awards
14. Kids and Families use it too!
• http://www.kfbb.com/st
ory/29097045/hand-
washing-machine-in-
great-falls-public-
elementary-schools
15. Targeting the Experts & Influencers
July 2011,
Geneva
Prof Didier Pittet, (WHO),
Dr Gerard Lacey, (SureWash),
Prof John Conly (University of Calgary)
16. Building the Evidence Base
Independent Clinical Validation
“Improved hand hygiene technique and compliance in healthcare
workers using gaming technology”,
A Higgins, MM Hannan. Journal of Hospital Infection. Feb 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2013.02.004
SureWash installed ✔
17. Building the Evidence Base
Efficacy of a New Educational Tool to Improve Handrubbing Technique
amongst Healthcare Workers: A Controlled, Before-After Study
Andrew J. Stewardson , Anne Iten, Véronique Camus, Angèle Gayet-Ageron,
Darren Caulfield, Gerard Lacey, Didier Pittet
18. Building the Evidence Base
Improving hand hygiene culture using computer games
technology as part of a multi-modal campaign
Ann McQueen (HAI Patient Safety Co-ordinator)
Fiona Cameron (Head of Service Infection Prevention and Control NHS Lothian)
Chris Connolly (Clinical Nurse Manager, Emergency Department)
19. Where are we now?
• Distribution
• Major International Partners
– UK NHS Supply Chain
– Sodexo
20. Path to first product
• New type of product in nascent market
– Takes time to develop technology and market
• Healthcare adopts technology slowly
– Work with customers
• prototypes, empirical studies, thought leaders
– Keep going!
• “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the
successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is
pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs