Hospital hand hygiene compliance improves with increased monitoring and immediate feedback

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1074-1078

  Walker, Judy L ^a   Sistrunk, William W ^a   Higginbotham, M A ^a   Burks, Kristi ^a   Halford, Linda ^a   Goddard, Linda ^a   Thombs, Lori A ^b   Austin, Cindy ^a   Finley, Phillip J ^a  

^a Mercy Hospital Springfield ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene; Hand hygiene monitoring program; Hospital associated infection; Intervention; Monitoring program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEEDBACK; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84908217950     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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