A Validation Protocol: Assessing the Accuracy of Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technology

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1002-1004

  Limper, Heather M ^a,b   Garcia Houchins, Sylvia ^a   Slawsky, Lynn ^a   Hershow, Ronald C ^b   Landon, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HAND HYGIENE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PERSONAL MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND DISINFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84979896260     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.133     Document Type: Letter

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