Hygienic Echo Smart Hand Hygiene and Infection Prevention Solutions

Backed by over 20 Years of Scientific Research and Clinical validation, Hygienic Echo’s Smart Hand Hygiene and Infection Prevention Solutions deliver a new Standard in Healthcare safety. Our System features intelligent, wearable badges that prompt hand hygiene only when necessary—boosting compliance without adding to the workload.

Hygienic Echo Smart Hand Hygiene and Infection Prevention Solutions

Backed by over 20 Years of Scientific Research and Clinical validation, Hygienic Echo’s Smart Hand Hygiene and Infection Prevention Solutions deliver a new Standard in Healthcare safety. Our System features intelligent, wearable badges that prompt hand hygiene only when necessary—boosting compliance without adding to the workload.

Hygienic Echo Smart Hand Hygiene and Infection Prevention Solutions

Hygienic Echo Solutions

Buddy Badge

Tailored for Hospitals, Focusing on Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance at Moments 1 and 4.

Green Badge

Customized for Serving areas, common spaces, to encourage consistent hand hygiene among staff.

Care Badge

Designed for long-term Care and Retirement Homes, to support Consistent, lasting hand Hygiene habits.

Hygienic Echo Solutions

Key Features of Hygienic Echo Solutions

Replacing Manual Hand Hygiene Audits with 24/7 Automated Smart Auditing

Improving Hand Hygiene Practice Through Smart Biofeedback

IPAC Insight Centre for Smarter Infection Control

Safe Communication powered by light-based technology

IPAC Insight Centre for Smarter Infection Control

Safe Communication powered by light-based technology

Replacing Manual Hand Hygiene Audits with 24/7 Automated Smart Auditing

Improving Hand Hygiene Practice Through Smart Biofeedback

Boost Hand Hygiene Compliance, Replace Manual Audits, and Build a Culture of Infection Prevention. All with One Smart Solution.

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Clients Testimonials

Carla Girolametto

Director of Research Operations

“ Hygienic Echo has been an outstanding partner in the Buddy Badge project, bringing creativity, research rigor, and a deep understanding of healthcare environments.

MARIE OJHA

Owner and Nurse Practitioner

“ Infection can spread in high traffic areas like the dining room during meal service. Serving staff wear Green Badges during meal/serving times.

Heather Candon

Director, Infection Prevention and Control

“ At Sunnybrook, we recently rolled out the Buddy Badge system with Hygienic Echo, and the experience has been excellent.

Shelley Schmidt

Director Infection Prevention and Control

“ The Buddy Badge system electronically captures data on hand hygiene compliance and also provides prompts and reminders to modify hand hygiene behaviour at the same time!

Vicky MacLean

Clinical Lead for Medicine

“Families ask a lot why our badges glow green when we walk in and they love that it means we can all see that we are clean”

Dr. Matthew Muller

Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control

“ Our experience with Buddy Badge has demonstrated that, with the reminders and incentives that Buddy Badge uses to promote.

MARIE OJHA

Owner and Nurse Practitioner

“ Infection can spread in high traffic areas like the dining room during meal service. Serving staff wear Green Badges during meal/serving times.

Heather Candon

Director, Infection Prevention and Control

“ At Sunnybrook, we recently rolled out the Buddy Badge system with Hygienic Echo, and the experience has been excellent.

Sylvie Robinson

Unit Manager

“Buddy Badge helps the staff to be mindful of hand hygiene. The prompt avoids missing critical opportunities to keep our patients safe.”

Carla Girolametto
Director of Research Operations

“ Hygienic Echo has been an outstanding partner in the Buddy Badge project, bringing creativity, research rigor, and a deep understanding of healthcare environments.

MARIE OJHA
Owner and Nurse Practitioner

“ Infection can spread in high traffic areas like the dining room during meal service. Serving staff wear Green Badges during meal/serving times.

Heather Candon
Director, IPAC

“ At Sunnybrook, we recently rolled out the Buddy Badge system with Hygienic Echo, and the experience has been excellent.

Shelley Schmidt
Director of IPAC

“ The Buddy Badge system electronically captures data on hand hygiene compliance and also provides prompts and reminders to modify hand hygiene behaviour at the same time!

Vicky MacLean

Clinical Lead for Medicine

“Families ask a lot why our badges glow green when we walk in and they love that it means we can all see that we are clean”

Dr. Matthew Muller
Medical Director of IPAC

“ Our experience with Buddy Badge has demonstrated that, with the reminders and incentives that Buddy Badge uses to promote.

MARIE OJHA

Owner and Nurse Practitioner

“ Infection can spread in high traffic areas like the dining room during meal service. Serving staff wear Green Badges during meal/serving times.

Heather Candon
Director, IPAC

“ At Sunnybrook, we recently rolled out the Buddy Badge system with Hygienic Echo, and the experience has been excellent.

Sylvie Robinson

Unit Manager

“Buddy Badge helps the staff to be mindful of hand hygiene. The prompt avoids missing critical opportunities to keep our patients safe.”

Clients Testimonials

Impact

Less than 20%

Before Buddy Badge

(2016)

Over 60%

Over 90%

After Buddy Badge (2021)

After Hand Hygiene Hero Reward Program (2023)

1,000,000 +

Hand Hygiene Opportunities Captured

1,000 +

Engaged Users

10 +

Installed Locations

394 %

Increase in Hand Hygiene Compliance with the Buddy Badge System ™

Media Center

IPAC GTA

Many thanks to Murtuza Diwan, MSc, CIC for organizing the IPAC GTA Education Day.

IPAC National 2025

Excited to join IPAC Canada 2025 in Winnipeg!

IPAC SWO

We were pleased to attend the IPAC SWO Education Day!

Hero Program

Sustained hand hygiene improvement is possible with the right mix of technology and behavioral incentives.

Hygienic Echo

Hygienic Echo captures ventureLAB HardTech pitch competition

Hygienic Echo Solutions Overview

Protect patients. Support staff. Build a culture of infection prevention with the Hygienic Echo Smart Wearable Badge — Designed for Healthcare Heroes.

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