Observer bias in hand hygiene compliance reporting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 869-870

  Dhar, Sorabh ^a,b   Tansek, Ryan ^a   Toftey, Elizabeth A ^a   Dziekan, Beth A ^a   Chevalier, Thomas C ^a   Bohlinger, Connie G ^a   Fitch, Michelle ^a   Flanagan, Margaret E ^a   Chopra, Teena ^a   Marchaim, Dror ^a   Kaye, Keith S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER BIAS; OBSERVER VARIATION; WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; OBSERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; HAND DISINFECTION;

EID: 77955885274     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655441     Document Type: Article

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