Real-Time Feedback for Improving Compliance to Hand Sanitization Among Healthcare Workers in an Open Layout ICU Using Radiofrequency Identification

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Radhakrishna, Kedar ^a   Waghmare, Abijeet ^a   Ekstrand, Maria ^b   Raj, Tony ^a   Selvam, Sumithra ^a   Sreerama, Sai Madhukar ^a   Sampath, Sriram ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Hand hygiene compliance; Healthcare associated infections; Low cost; Real time feedback; RFID

Indexed keywords

HAND SANITIZER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; WORKFLOW; WORKING TIME; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INDIA; MANPOWER; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE;

EID: 84929009116     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-015-0251-1     Document Type: Article

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