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Electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems: Not worth the costs

Electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems allow the collection of large volumes of data. However, significant resources are required to validate and maintain these systems. Additionally, data are lacking on the correlation with clinically important outcomes. Direct observation of hand hygiene remai...

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Autores principales: Doll, Michelle E., Pierce, Jacob W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9726477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.264
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Sumario:Electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems allow the collection of large volumes of data. However, significant resources are required to validate and maintain these systems. Additionally, data are lacking on the correlation with clinically important outcomes. Direct observation of hand hygiene remains the gold standard for monitoring hand hygiene compliance.