Automated hand hygiene count devices may better measure compliance than human observation

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 955-959

  Morgan, Daniel J ^a,b   Pineles, Lisa ^a   Shardell, Michelle ^a   Young, Atlisa ^a   Ellingson, Katherine ^c   Jernigan, John A ^c   Day, Hannah R ^a   Thom, Kerri A ^a,b   Harris, Anthony D ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e Iowa City VA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Hand hygiene; Handwashing; Monitoring; Observation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATED HAND HYGIENE COUNT DEVICE; DEVICES; HAND HYGIENE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONITORING; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

AUTOMATION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84870417200     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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