Hospital hand hygiene opportunities: where and when (HOW2)?
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Hospital hand hygiene opportunities: where and when (HOW2)? The HOW2 Benchmark Study.
BACKGROUND Measurement and monitoring of health care workers' hand hygiene compliance (i.e., actions/opportunities) is a key component of strategies to eliminate hospital-acquired infections. Little data exist on the expected number of hand hygiene opportunities (HHOs) in various hospital settings, however. The purpose of this study was to estimate HHOs in 2 types of hospitals--large teaching a...
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