Introducing automated hand hygiene surveillance to an Australian hospital: Mirroring the HOW2 Benchmark Study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 772-776

  Azim, Syed ^a   Juergens, Craig ^b   Hines, John ^c   McLaws, Mary Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c S C Johnson & Son Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

24 7 surveillance; audit; Australia; automated; compliance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; SOAP; WATER;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL HANDOVER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS;

EID: 84962074470     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.02.012     Document Type: Article

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