SwipeSense knows if you've washed your hands. The Evanston,
Ill., startup seeks to improve hand hygiene in hospitals and to
prevent the 100,000 annual deaths attributed to hospital-
acquired infections by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.  SwipeSense, one of the five remaining contenders
for "WSJ Startup of the Year," marries portable, trackable
alcohol-based gel dispensers with a monitoring platform designed
to analyze and incentivize hand hygiene.  Yuri Malina, left, and
Mert Iseri are co-founders of SwipeSense, which has devices in
trials at 10 U.S. hospitals. Bob Stefko for The Wall Street
Journal  The computer-mouse-sized dispensers worn by nurses and
clinicians electronically record every use. Together with wall-
mounted dispensers and proximity sensors placed in each
patient's room, the system wirelessly collects, and analyses,
the who, how often, where and when of hand washing. The
dispensers are in trials in 10 U.S. hospitals.  Despite
campaigns aimed at educating both clinicians and pati