Sustained improvement in hand hygiene adherence: Utilizing shared accountability and financial incentives

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1129-1136

  Talbot, Thomas R ^a   Johnson, James G ^a   Fergus, Claudette ^b   Domenico, John Henry ^a   Schaffner, William ^a   Daniels, Titus L ^a   Wilson, Greg ^a   Slayton, Jennifer ^c   Feistritzer, Nancye ^b   Hickson, Gerald B ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVICE INFECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STAFF TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84885452687     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673445     Document Type: Article

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