An electronic hand hygiene surveillance device: A pilot study exploring surrogate markers for hand hygiene compliance

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 634-639

  Sahud, Andrew G ^a   Bhanot, Nitin ^a   Radhakrishnan, Anita ^a   Bajwa, Rajinder ^a   Manyam, Harish ^a   Post, James Christopher ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HAND SANITIZER; SOAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC HAND HYGIENE SURVEILLANCE DEVICE; HAND HYGIENE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL INTERN; MONITORING; OBSERVATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PILOT STUDY; REGISTERED NURSE;

CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONICS; FEEDBACK; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; OBSERVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 77952131049     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652527     Document Type: Article

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