St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor is a ministry organization of Trinity Health, Novi, Mich. Trinity Health is Michigan's leading health care provider and one of the state's largest employers, providing the full continuum of care for Michigan's residents, with 12 hospitals, nine nursing homes, 19 senior housing facilities, eight home health care agencies and four hospices serving 35 counties. More than 25,000 associates provide care to one in 11 Michigan residents.

Nationally, Trinity Health is the fourth-largest Catholic health care system with 44 acute-care hospitals, 379 outpatient facilities, 26 long-term care facilities, and numerous home health offices and hospice programs based in seven states. Trinity Health employs 44,500 full-time staff nation-wide.

Trinity Health is the participating organization in this worthwhile hand hygiene initiative with the Joint Commission's Center for Transforming Healthcare and St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor is the pilot site.

Statement from Joseph Swedish, President and CEO, Trinity Health