Automated measures of hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers using ultrasound: Validation and a randomized controlled trial

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 919-928

  Fisher, Dale A ^a,b   Seetoh, Theresa ^a,c   May Lin, Helen Oh ^d   Viswanathan, Sivakumar ^e   Toh, Yanling ^e   Chiang Yin, Wong ^e   Siw, Loh ^d   Shire Yang, Tan ^a   Schiefen, Steve ^f   Je, Minkyu ^g   Feng Peh, Ruey ^e   Ling Loke, Fiona Wei ^e   Dempsey, Michael ^h  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^c Ministry of Health Holdings   (Singapore)

^d CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^f HanGenix   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^h Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

FEEDBACK; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; REMINDER SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84881156648     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671738     Document Type: Article

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