Hyfense is an advanced eHealth platform designed to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) by empowering healthcare professionals with real-time data, analytics, and decision support tools.
Using antimicrobials to treat infections inevitably leads to disease-causing bacteria developing resistance (Antimicrobial Resistance or AMR), making treatment harder and elongating the period of infection. As they spread from person to person, these organisms can cause from small outbreaks to epidemics.
In hospitals, where the use of antimicrobials is extended and infected patients are gathered, the problem is intense and can cause further infections (Hospital Acquired Infections or HAI).
AMR and the resulting HAI, pose one of the top global public health threats with an estimated association with almost 5 million deaths worldwide and a grave social and economic burden.
Healthcare-associated infections pose a significant challenge to patient safety in hospitals throughout Europe. These recent numbers highlight the urgent need for further actions to mitigate this threat. By prioritising infection prevention and control policies and practices, as well as antimicrobial stewardship and improving surveillance, we can effectively combat the spread of these infections and protect the health of patients across the EU/EEA
Hyfense seamlessly integrates with existing EHR and LIMS systems, ensuring comprehensive surveillance and reporting. Data is securely anonymized to protect patient privacy while enabling robust epidemiological analysis. Key features include customizable dashboards, predictive analytics, and clinical decision support that provide actionable insights for infection control and antimicrobial stewardship.
Hyfense also provides a set of Audit Tools to monitor and improve safety precaution procedures. With a focus on regulatory compliance and continuous improvement, Hyfense supports a proactive, data-driven approach to reducing AMR and HAIs, ultimately improving patient outcomes and public health.
Monitoring of antimicrobial usage, resistance patterns, and incidence rates of HAIs. Real-time data collection and analysis will identify emerging trends and outbreaks, enabling proactive intervention.
Antimicrobial usage tracking will generate stewardship recommendations and facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration among healthcare providers. Antibiotic prescription review and approval will be monitored for adherence and lead to improvement recommendations.
Customizable reporting functionality to generate dashboards, metrics, and performance indicators related to antimicrobial usage, resistance trends, HAI rates, and compliance with stewardship interventions.
Integration with existing IT systems to facilitate the exchange of data between different departments, enabling and enhancing data accuracy, completeness, as well as accessibility for surveillance, research, and quality improvement initiatives.
Hand hygiene compliance monitoring, environmental cleaning assessments and surveillance of healthcare-associated infections. Automated alerts and reminders will reinforce adherence to best practices and reduce the transmission of pathogens within healthcare premises.
Built-in features ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and accreditation standards related to antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, and patient safety, according to WHO and NPHO (EODY).