Method for automated monitoring of hand hygiene adherence without radio-frequency identification.

نویسندگان

  • Philip M Polgreen
  • Christopher S Hlady
  • Monica A Severson
  • Alberto M Segre
  • Ted Herman
چکیده

Many efforts to automatically measure hand hygiene activity depend on radio-frequency identification equipment or similar technology that can be expensive to install. We have developed a method for automatically tracking the use of hand hygiene dispensers before healthcare workers enter (or after they exit) patient rooms that is easily and quickly deployed without permanent hardware.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Infection control and hospital epidemiology

دوره 31 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010