A comparison of the accuracy of two electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems

A comparison of the accuracy of two electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems

Interest in electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems (EHHMSs) is now widespread throughout the infection control community. We tested 2 types of EHHMS for accuracy. The type B EHHMS captured more HH events with superior accuracy. Hospitals considering an EHHMS should assess the technology's a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2019-10, Vol.40 (10), p.1194-1197
Hauptverfasser: Doll, Michelle E, Masroor, Nadia, Cooper, Kaila, Trimmer, Trina, Pryor, Rachel, Auricchio, Joseph, Armstrong-Novak, Jo Dee, Stevens, Michael P, Bearman, Gonzalo
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accuracy
Automation
Electronic Data Processing - methods
Employees
Epidemiological Monitoring
Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data
Hand Hygiene - instrumentation
Humans
Hygiene
Infection Control
Infections
Monitoring systems
Nursing
Pediatrics
Personal hygiene
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Zusammenfassung:Interest in electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems (EHHMSs) is now widespread throughout the infection control community. We tested 2 types of EHHMS for accuracy. The type B EHHMS captured more HH events with superior accuracy. Hospitals considering an EHHMS should assess the technology's ability to accurately capture HH performance in the clinical workflow.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2019.209