Utilizing an interview method to estimate potential bias in silent observer hand hygiene observations - 19/07/23
Doi : 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.11.022
Julie Slaughter, MBA a, Elham Arya, MT(ASCP), MPH b, Elizabeth Bell, MPH a, Ashley Ayres, MBA, BS, CIC a, Elise M Martin, MD, MPH c, d, Graham M. Snyder, MD, SM a, c, ⁎ 
a Department of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA
b Medical Technology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
c Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
d Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
⁎Address correspondence to Graham M. Snyder, MD, SM, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3601 Fifth Ave, Suite 150, Pittsburgh, PA 15213University of Pittsburgh Medical Center3601 Fifth Ave, Suite 150PittsburghPA15213
Résumé |
Interviewed health care workers to determine whether they had noticed a silent hand hygiene observer, thereby determining the legitimacy of the silent observers. Data supported the observers were typically unseen, and potential observer bias had a negligible role in hand hygiene compliance.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Highlights |
• | Healthcare worker recall of hand hygiene audit. |
• | Estimates potential bias in hand hygiene observations. |
• | Cost effective approach to determine anonymity of hand hygiene observers. |
Key Words : Hand hygiene, Observer bias
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| Conflicts of interest: None to report. |
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Vol 51 - N° 8
P. 964-966 - août 2023 Retour au numéro
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