Variability in the Hawthorne effect with regard to hand hygiene performance in high- and low-performing inpatient care units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-225

  Kohli, Erol ^b   Ptak, Judy ^c   Smith, Randall ^c   Taylor, Eileen ^c   Talbot, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Kirkland, Kathryn B ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND WASHING; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CROSS INFECTION; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 61849083610     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595692     Document Type: Article

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