Abstract:
:Using remote video auditing (RVA) and real-time feedback, we replicated health care workers hand hygiene in a second intensive care unit. During the first 4 weeks using RVA without feedback, the compliance rate was 30.42%. The rate during the 64-week postfeedback period (initial 16 and 48 weeks maintenance) with RVA and feedback exceeded 80% on average. These data demonstrate that improved hand hygiene was achieved and sustained with the use of RVA and feedback.
journal_name
Am J Infect Controljournal_title
American journal of infection controlauthors
Armellino D,Trivedi M,Law I,Singh N,Schilling ME,Hussain E,Farber Bdoi
10.1016/j.ajic.2012.12.011subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-10-01 00:00:00pages
925-7issue
10eissn
0196-6553issn
1527-3296pii
S0196-6553(13)00065-5journal_volume
41pub_type
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.06.022
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/s0196-6553(96)90047-4
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2006.05.288
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
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doi:10.1016/0196-6553(84)90096-8
更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Isolation precautions used against multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms are responsible for many emotional side effects. We evaluated patient's feeling after a hospitalization for an MDR infection. METHODS:We conducted a qualitative study that included 11 interviews from August 2017 to June 2018. We used phe...
journal_title:American journal of infection control
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
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更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.017
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.02.003
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2008.05.007
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Candida auris presents a unique challenge to practitioners and infection control teams worldwide because of its virulence, alarming resistance profile, environmental fitness, and risk of nosocomial transmission. We describe 2 cases of Candida auris infection managed with the CDC recommendations with no evidence of in-...
journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.08.027
更新日期:2020-08-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2012.12.018
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.008
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2007.11.007
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.09.005
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
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doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.003
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
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doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.014
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.026
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.003
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
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更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00