Healthcare personnel perceptions of hand hygiene monitoring technology

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1091-1096

  Ellingson, Katherine ^a   Polgreen, Philip M ^b,c   Schneider, Amy ^a   Shinkunas, Laura ^c   Kaldjian, Lauris C ^c   Wright, Donald ^d   Thomas, Geb W ^b,e   Segre, Alberto M ^b,f   Herman, Ted ^b,f   McDonald, L Clifford ^a   Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e IA United States   (United States)

^f University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONITORING; PERCEPTION;

CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONICS; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION;

EID: 80054891839     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662179     Document Type: Article

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