Role of human factors engineering in infection prevention: gaps and opportunities

PR Pennathur, LA Herwaldt - Current Treatment Options in Infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Opinion statement Human factors engineering (HFE), with its focus on studying how humans
interact with systems, including their physical and organizational environment, the tools and …

Effects of knowledge and internal locus of control in groups of health care workers judging likelihood of pathogen transfer

AC McLaughlin, F Walsh, M Bryant - Human factors, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: A study was conducted to measure the effects of attitudes and beliefs on the risk
judgments of health care workers. Background: Lack of hand hygiene compliance is a …

[图书][B] Food handling, hygiene, and sanitation practices in the child-care environment in North Carolina and South Carolina

X Chen - 2013 - search.proquest.com
Introduction: Children between the ages of 37 and 54 months enrolled in child-care facilities
(CCFs) are reported to be 2.3 to 3.5 times more likely to experience an acute gastrointestinal …

[图书][B] Computational applications to hospital epidemiology

MN Monsalve - 2015 - search.proquest.com
Healthcare associated infections are a considerable burden to the health care system. The
affected patients have their prognosis worsened and demand more resources from …

Electronic Monitoring of Hand Hygiene Compliance in an Inpatient Hospital Setting

CM Masek - 2011 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Proper hand hygiene is known to reduce hospital acquired infections. Currently the most
widely accepted method used to measure hand hygiene compliance is through direct …