Use of electronic alerts to enhance hand hygiene compliance and decrease transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a hematology unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-205

  Venkatesh, Arjun K ^a   Lankford, Mary G ^b   Rooney, Denise M ^c   Blachford, Todd ^c   Watts, Charles M ^a,b   Noskin, Gary A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c 33M Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; INFECTION CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 40949158809     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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