Comparing brief, covert, directly observed hand hygiene compliance monitoring to standard methods: A multicenter cohort study - 28/02/19
Doi : 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.08.015
Alissa Werzen, MD a, Kerri A. Thom, MD a, ⁎ 
, Gwen L. Robinson, MPH a, Shanshan Li, PhD b, Clare Rock, MD, MS c, Loreen A. Herwaldt, MD d, Daniel J. Diekema, MD, MS d, Heather S. Reisinger, PhD d, Eli N. Perencevich, MD, MS d
, Gwen L. Robinson, MPH a, Shanshan Li, PhD b, Clare Rock, MD, MS c, Loreen A. Herwaldt, MD d, Daniel J. Diekema, MD, MS d, Heather S. Reisinger, PhD d, Eli N. Perencevich, MD, MS d a Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
b MassMutual Data Science, Springfield, MA
c Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
d University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
⁎Address correspondence to Kerri A. Thom, MD, 685 W Baltimore St, Bressler Research Building, M021B Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201.M021B Department of Epidemiology and Public HealthUniversity of Maryland, School of Medicine685 W Baltimore St, Bressler Research BuildingBaltimoreMD21201
Résumé |
Hand hygiene compliance is subject to the Hawthorne effect, which may be attenuated by covert observers and brief observation periods. This study demonstrated that hand hygiene compliance rates were between 8% and 29% greater when reported by infection prevention programs than when reported by covert observers over brief observation periods.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key words : Infection prevention, Hand Hygiene, Compliance monitoring
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| Funding/support: This project received support from an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Grant (Grant# 1RO1HS024108-01). This project received additional support through cooperative agreements 1U54CK000450-01, 1U54CK000448–01, 1U54CK000447-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. |
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| Conflicts of interest: None to report. |
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Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.
Vol 47 - N° 3
P. 346-348 - mars 2019 Retour au numéro
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