A prospective controlled trial of an electronic hand hygiene reminder system

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Ellison, Richard T ^a   Barysauskas, Constance M ^a,b   Rundensteiner, Elke A ^c   Wang, Di ^c,d   Barton, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^d MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic monitoring; Hand hygiene; Intensive care unit; Prospective controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMINDER SYSTEM; SHIFT WORKER;

EID: 85014063305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv121     Document Type: Article

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