Collecting the data but missing the point: Validity of hand hygiene audit data

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-162

  Jeanes, A ^a   Coen, P G ^a   Wilson, A P ^a   Drey, N S ^a   Gould, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assurance; Direct observation; Hand hygiene; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITOR; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STAFF TRAINING; VALIDITY; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84929264096     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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