Comparing brief, covert, directly observed hand hygiene compliance monitoring to standard methods: A multicenter cohort study

Alissa Werzen; Kerri A Thom; Gwen L Robinson; Shanshan Li; Clare Rock; Loreen A Herwaldt; Daniel J Diekema; Heather S Reisinger; Eli N Perencevich

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2018.08.015

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Comparing brief, covert, directly observed hand hygiene compliance monitoring to standard methods: A multicenter cohort study

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Comparing brief, covert, directly observed hand hygiene compliance monitoring to standard methods: A multicenter cohort study

Alissa Werzen, Kerri A Thom, Gwen L Robinson, Shanshan Li, Clare Rock, Loreen A Herwaldt, Daniel J Diekema, Heather S Reisinger and Eli N Perencevich

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, Vol.47(3), pp.346-348

03/2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.08.015

PMCID: PMC6399725

PMID: 30314747

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Abstract

Hand hygiene compliance is subject to the Hawthorne effect, which may be attenuated by covert observers and brief observation periods. This study demonstrated that hand hygiene compliance rates were between 8% and 29% greater when reported by infection prevention programs than when reported by covert observers over brief observation periods.

Compliance monitoring

Hand Hygiene

Infection prevention

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Title: Subtitle: Comparing brief, covert, directly observed hand hygiene compliance monitoring to standard methods: A multicenter cohort study
Creators: Alissa Werzen - Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Kerri A Thom - Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Gwen L Robinson - Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Shanshan Li - MassMutual Data Science, Springfield, MA
Clare Rock - Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Loreen A Herwaldt - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Daniel J Diekema - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Heather S Reisinger - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Eli N Perencevich - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, Vol.47(3), pp.346-348
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.08.015
PMID: 30314747
PMCID: PMC6399725
ISSN: 0196-6553
eISSN: 1527-3296
Grant note: Grant; # 1RO1HS024108-01 / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Language: English
Date published: 03/2019
Academic Unit: Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Pathology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983779490102771

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