The precision of human-generated hand-hygiene observations: A comparison of human observation with an automated monitoring system

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1260-1261

  Sharma, Deepti ^a   Thomas, Geb W ^a   Foster, Eric D ^b   Iacovelli, Jaclyn ^a   Lea, Krista M ^a   Streit, Judy A ^c   Polgreen, Philip M ^c  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; HAND HYGIENE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EQUIPMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 84869196668     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668426     Document Type: Article

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