Feasibility of monitoring compliance to the My 5 Moments and Entry/Exit hand hygiene methods in US hospitals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 938-940

  Chang, Nai Chung N ^a,b   Reisinger, Heather S ^b,c   Jesson, Andrew R ^c   Schweizer, Marin L ^b,c   Morgan, Daniel J ^d,e   Forrest, Graeme N ^f   Perencevich, Eli N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS PORTLAND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Handwashing; infection control; Infection prevention

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MONITORING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); EVALUATION STUDY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

BEHAVIOR OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES; COMPLIANCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962339085     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.02.007     Document Type: Article

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