Mission

Our mission is to keep hospitals safe to give and receive care.

Semmel is building the world's most comprehensive direct observation hand hygiene system.

In a short time, Semmel has become the preferred choice for public and private healthcare systems for hand hygiene monitoring.  Our mission is to empower our customers and the infection prevention professionals everywhere by giving them all the help and tools they need to prevent infections. 

WHAT WE DO

Our focus is prevention.  We champion IPCs by delivering a single platform to manage activities to prevent the risks of infections.

Semmel is the place for IPCs to share their problems and find solutions together.  Even with a large base of customers, we know each of our customers well and work together to create compelling solutions that solve problems relating to infection prevention. Semmel Hand Hygiene is a culmination of 4 years of continuous collaboration with clinicians to improve hand hygiene practice to prevent hospital acquired infections.

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Ranked #1 for mobile application for hand hygiene monitoring

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APICTA Best Health and Well-Being Solution

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World IT Excellence Award for Best Health Solution

WHAT WE'VE DONE

A brief history

Semmel was born by chance.  It began as a small tech project engaged by a manufacturer to bundle it with hand rub sales as a value-add to its vast customers base.  The prototype failed clinical trials because it was not technically sound.  Version 1 fixed the issues and was quickly adopted by several local hospitals.  Feedback was positive but further growth stunted because bundling was not well received.  Potential customers questioned what would happen to their data if they no longer purchase the hand rub.  They felt that their hands were tied and had a hard time convincing their ethics board.  The original manager who designed the product got the IP and founded Semmel on the premise of unbridled access to the best hand hygiene monitoring tool ever made.  He saw the problem the world was facing with poor hand hygiene.  Semmel remains independent until today and does not partner with any brands that cannot guarantee a customer's unconditional access to their own data.

WHAT'S OUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

A roadmap to better infection prevention

Hand hygiene was our first entry and in 2021 Semmel released a new product called "Semmel Formit".  Like hand hygiene, there were many tools that can create "forms" to collect data but fails to take into account technical requirements and workflows that make the data robust.  We feel that loopholes in the data collection process will actually cause more problems downstream and should be avoided.  At the same time, we take cognisance of the cost of digitalisation and have come up with a zero-cost plan that works for any hospitals that has a photocopy machine.  Our aim is to replace paper audits with digital ones that are technically sound that ensures zero data errors so everyone can just "Formit"!

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Semmel Timeline

2021
September 1

Semmel Launches In India

Semmel Launches In India
Semmel Hand Hygiene enters the Indian market with 6 hospitals already signed up to monitor hand hygiene with Semmel.
August 1

Semmel launches in China

Semmel launches in China
Semmel Hand Hygiene translated into Chinese and enters the China market with 7 hospitals already signed up to monitor hand hygiene with Semmel.
January 1

Cradle invests in Semmel Health

Cradle invests in Semmel Health
Semmel receives investment from Cradle. Cradle is an agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI) established in 2003 with a mandate to fund high-calibre technology.
2020
June 21

IHH To Roll Out Semmel Globally

IHH To Roll Out Semmel Globally
IHH, one of the world’s largest healthcare provider will implement Semmel Hand Hygiene across its hospitals worldwide as part of its global operations standardisation plan.
2019
November 1

World’s Leading Patient Safety Institute Picks Semmel

World’s Leading Patient Safety Institute Picks Semmel
SingHealth DukeNUS has picked Semmel Hand Hygiene as its platform to harmonise hand hygiene monitoring programme across all of its institution across Singapore.
2017
August 1

Semmel Awarded WITSA ICT 2017

Semmel Awarded WITSA ICT 2017
WITSA Global ICT Excellence Award  2017 Semmel awarded the Innovative E-Health Solutions by WITSA.  Founded in 1978, the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) is a leading consortium of ICT industry association members from over 80 countries/economies around the world.
June 1

Semmel Moves Into Surgery Management

Semmel Moves Into Surgery Management
SEMMEL OTMS, the latest product from Semmel will focus on optimising the use of OT and monitor patient safety.  Thomson Hospital implements Semmel OTMS to optimise the use of its OT and ensure patient safety protocols are followed.
2016
June 1

Semmel roars into Singapore

Semmel roars into Singapore
Semmel leaps across the border to Singapore securing KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital as first to implement Semmel Hand Hygiene system. KKH is the largest hospital specialising in healthcare for women and children in Singapore.
2015
June 1

APICTA Award

APICTA Award
Rookie in the healthcare space, Semmel took home the gold award for best Health and Wellbeing Award 2015.
January 1

The Beginning

Semmel Health founded by Kym Wong. Semmel launch flagship product, Semmel Hand Hygiene named after Ignaz Semmelweis, the early pioneer of antiseptic procedures.