Quantifying the Hawthorne Effect in Hand Hygiene Compliance Through Comparing Direct Observation with Automated Hand Hygiene Monitoring

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 957-962

  Hagel, Stefan ^a   Reischke, Jana ^a   Kesselmeier, Miriam ^a   Winning, Johannes ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^b   Brunkhorst, Frank M ^a   Scherag, André ^a   Pletz, Mathias W ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HAND WASHING; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OBSERVATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

CROSS INFECTION; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84988825928     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.93     Document Type: Article

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