Monitoring the hand hygiene compliance of health care workers in a general intensive care unit: Use of continuous closed circle television versus overt observation

Highlights • CCTV is a new and reliable method for observation of hand hygiene. • CCTV methodology records a different performing hand hygiene compared to overt observation. • Covert observations using CCTV can replace direct overt observation for hand hygiene of HCWs.

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of infection control 2017-08, Vol.45 (8), p.849-854
Hauptverfasser:	Brotfain, Evgeni, MD, Livshiz-Riven, Ilana, PhD, RN, Gushansky, Alexander, RN, Erblat, Alexander, RN, Koyfman, Leonid, MD, Ziv, Tomer, PhD, Saidel-Odes, Lisa, MD, Klein, Moti, MD, Borer, Abraham, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Critically ill patients Cross-Sectional Studies Guideline Adherence Hand Hygiene - standards Health Personnel - standards Humans Infection Control Infection Control - methods Infection Control - standards Infection control program Infectious Disease Intensive Care Units Public health Television
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • CCTV is a new and reliable method for observation of hand hygiene. • CCTV methodology records a different performing hand hygiene compared to overt observation. • Covert observations using CCTV can replace direct overt observation for hand hygiene of HCWs.
ISSN:	0196-6553 1527-3296
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajic.2017.03.015