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The precision of human-generated hand-hygiene observations: a comparison of human observation with an automated monitoring system

Authors :
Philip M. Polgreen
Krista M. Lea
Judy A. Streit
Geb Thomas
Jaclyn Nicole Iacovelli
Deepti Sharma
Eric D. Foster
Source :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 33(12)
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We compared the observations of nearly 1,400 hand-hygiene-related events recorded by an automated system and by human observers. Observation details differed for 38% of these events. Two likely explanations for these inconsistencies were the distance between the observer and the event and the busyness of the clinic.

Details

ISSN :
15596834
Volume :
33
Issue :
12
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7891a0457f41a1fe2e81f84f5f02115a