We already know how we should hand rub and when we should perform hand hygiene, but under what conditions can the hand hygiene event be considered successful? We focused on this during the following study, aiming to identify optimal pass-fail criteria for hand hygiene technique.
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Direct observation vs. electronic monitoring
While many hospitals directly observe healthcare employees to ensure they clean their hands when necessary, the method has several weaknesses. Continue reading
“The single most important…”
This is a great recent overview about hand hygiene compliance monitoring systems.
Hand hygiene is the single most important component of an infection control program. However, for objectivity there is a need on using electronics-based technology. McGuckin et al. describes these methods as automated/semi-automated interventions (ASAIs). Continue reading