Technical note: Assessment of blinding of hand hygiene observers in randomized controlled trials of hand hygiene interventions

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-334

  Fuller, Chris ^a   Besser, Sarah ^a   Cookson, Barry D ^b   Fragaszy, Ellen ^a   Gardiner, Julian ^c   McAteer, John ^a   Michie, Susan ^a   Savage, Joanne ^a   Stone, Sheldon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blinding; compliance; Hand hygiene; observation; reliability; training; trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HYGIENE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952098501     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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