Automated and electronically assisted hand hygiene monitoring systems: A systematic review

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 472-478

  Ward, Melissa A ^a   Schweizer, Marin L ^a,b   Polgreen, Philip M ^a   Gupta, Kalpana ^c,d   Reisinger, Heather S ^a,b   Perencevich, Eli N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ASSISTED HAND HYGIENE MONITORING SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICALLY ASSISTED HAND HYGIENE MONITORING SYSTEM; GOLD STANDARD; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AUTOMATION; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

AUTOMATION; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84899574186     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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