What is the optimal period for measuring hand hygiene compliance: Are longer periods better than 20-minute periods?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1174-1176

  Stone, Sheldon ^a   Fuller, Chris ^a   Michie, Susan ^b   McAteer, John ^b,d   Charlett, Andre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; ODDS RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867475622     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668017     Document Type: Article

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