Hand disinfection in a neonatal intensive care unit: continuous electronic monitoring over a one-year period
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Hand disinfection in a neonatal intensive care unit: continuous electronic monitoring over a one-year period
BACKGROUND Good hand hygiene compliance is essential to prevent nosocomial infections in healthcare settings. Direct observation of hand hygiene compliance is the gold standard but is time consuming. An electronic dispenser with built-in wireless recording equipment allows continuous monitoring of its usage. The purpose of this study was to monitor the use of alcohol-based hand rub dispensers w...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-248