Using high-technology to enforce low-technology safety measures: The use of third-party remote video auditing and real-time feedback in healthcare

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Armellino, Donna ^a   Hussain, Erfan ^a   Schilling, Mary Ellen ^a   Senicola, William ^b   Eichorn, Ann ^c   Dlugacz, Yosef ^c   Farber, Bruce F ^b  

^a Division of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Krasnoff Quality Management Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAMERA; E-MAIL; HAND HYGIENE; HAND SANITIZER DISPENSER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYGIENE PRODUCT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINK; VIDEORECORDING;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL AUDIT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84555206658     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir773     Document Type: Article

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