We spotlight the importance of hand
hygiene to improve public health, serve as a trusted
resource and raise awareness of leading-edge hand
hygiene and skin health scientific advancements through the GOJO Hand Hygiene Blog.
GOJO microbiologists, scientists,
nurses and communication professionals post regularly
and we also get the views of outside experts and
thought leaders in the field. It’s all part of the
GOJO Purpose, saving lives and making lives better
through well-being solutions.
Tamara Cross
SMARTLINK Solutions, Product Management Director
Tamara has held various positions since starting at GOJO in 2005, including roles within Product Management and the Healthcare and Manufacturing markets. In her current role as Product Management Director for the SMARTLINK product portfolio, she leads the product development and marketing efforts for hand hygiene monitoring solutions and related service products of the Internet of Things for the organization. Tamara holds a B.S. from Kent State University. In addition to raising her three children, Tamara enjoys running half marathons.
GOJO Expands PURELL SMARTLINK Portfolio with a new Individual Monitoring Solution
6/7/2019
By Tamara Cross
SMARTLINK Solutions, Product Management Director
GOJO has expanded its PURELL SMARTLINK™ Technologies portfolio to include the PURELL SMARTLINK Integrated Monitoring System (IMS). With this addition, the PURELL SMARTLINK portfolio is the broadest set of electronic hand hygiene monitoring solutions in the market,3 which allows GOJO to offer customers a solution no matter where they are in their electronic hand hygiene monitoring journey.
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GOJO Innovation Recognized by InfectionControl.tips
10/24/2017
By Tamara Cross
SMARTLINK Solutions, Product Management Director
GOJO SMARTLINK™ Service Alerts honored as a 2017 top innovation for effecting change with hard evidence.
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An A-Ha Moment that Resulted in Improved Hand Hygiene Compliance
8/9/2017
By Tamara Cross
SMARTLINK Solutions, Product Management Director
Hospitals and healthcare facilities, like Hanover Hospital in Hanover, Pennsylvania, recognize the importance of hand hygiene, but also understand there are barriers to compliance.
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Enhancing Direct Observation to Help Break the Chain of Infection
12/15/2016
By Tamara Cross
SMARTLINK Solutions, Product Management Director
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a patient safety concern, and there is a significant body of evidence that demonstrates a correlation between hand hygiene rates and infection rates; as hand hygiene goes up, infection rates go down. This is why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization consistently state that hand hygiene is considered the single most important means of reducing and preventing the spread of infection in healthcare settings.
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