Estimation of hand hygiene opportunities on an adult medical ward using 24-hour camera surveillance: Validation of the HOW2 Benchmark Study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 602-607

  Diller, Thomas ^a,b,c,d   Kelly, J William ^b,c   Blackhurst, Dawn ^a,b,c   Steed, Connie ^b   Boeker, Sue ^b   McElveen, Danielle C ^b  

^a Institute for the Advancement of Healthcare   (United States)

^b GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE GREENVILLE   (United States)

^d AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Handwashing; Monitoring; WHO Five Moments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT CARE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE; AGED; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BED OCCUPANCY; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84901005541     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.02.020     Document Type: Article

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