Validity of hand hygiene compliance measurement by observation: a systematic review

A Jeanes, PG Coen, DJ Gould, NS Drey - American journal of infection …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Hand hygiene is monitored by direct observation to improve practice, but this
approach can potentially cause information, selection, and confounding bias, threatening …

Hand hygiene compliance rate during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Makhni, CA Umscheid, J Soo, V Chu… - JAMA Internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Hand hygiene is a cornerstone of infection control, 1, 2 yet compliance remains low,
averaging 50% across hospitals nationwide. 1 Audit and feedback can improve compliance …

Association of race/ethnicity with likeliness of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among health workers and the general population in the San Francisco Bay Area

K Grumbach, T Judson, M Desai, V Jain… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Letters jamainternalmedicine. com(Reprinted) JAMA Internal Medicine July 2021 Volume
181, Number 7 1009 dents, 0.28 (0.15-0.53) for respondents of other races, and 0.49 (0.29 …

Sticky apps, not sticky hands: a systematic review and content synthesis of hand hygiene mobile apps

N Gasteiger, D Dowding, SM Ali… - Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective The study sought to identify smartphone apps that support hand hygiene practice
and to assess their content, technical and functional features, and quality. A secondary …

Obstetric healthcare workers' adherence to hand hygiene recommendations during the covid‐19 pandemic: Observations and social‐cognitive determinants

C Derksen, FM Keller, S Lippke - Applied Psychology: Health …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Hand hygiene is crucial to avoid healthcare‐associated infections and the
transmission of COVID‐19. Although the WHO has issued global hand hygiene …

Effectiveness over time of a multimodal intervention to improve compliance with standard hygiene precautions in an intensive care unit of a large teaching hospital

V Baccolini, V D'egidio, P de Soccio, G Migliara… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2019 - Springer
Background Standard hygiene precautions are an effective way of controlling healthcare-
associated infections. Nevertheless, compliance with hand hygiene (HH) guidelines among …

Evaluation of barriers to audit-and-feedback programs that used direct observation of hand hygiene compliance: a qualitative study

DJ Livorsi, CC Goedken, M Sauder… - JAMA network …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Audit and feedback based on direct observation is a common strategy to
improve hand hygiene compliance, but the optimal design and delivery of this intervention …

Impact of an automated hand hygiene monitoring system and additional promotional activities on hand hygiene performance rates and healthcare-associated …

JM Boyce, JA Laughman, MH Ader… - Infection Control & …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Objective: Determine the impact of an automated hand hygiene monitoring system (AHHMS)
plus complementary strategies on hand hygiene performance rates and healthcare …

A hand hygiene tracking system with LoRaWAN network for the abolition of hospital-acquired infections

KM Abubeker, S Baskar - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In healthcare settings, hand hygiene is a crucial step in preventing the spread of disease.
Healthcare-associated infections, such as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and …

Comparison of two electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems in promoting hand hygiene of healthcare workers in the intensive care unit

X Zhong, DL Wang, LH Xiao, LF Mo, QF Wu… - BMC Infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Hand hygiene (HH) is the cornerstone of infection control, and the promotion of
HH is the focus of the world. The study aims to compare the role of two different types of …