Abstract:
:Electronic monitoring of hand hygiene compliance using the World Health Organization's My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene is a new innovation that has not yet been shown to reduce hospital infections. We analyzed existing data from 23 inpatient units over a 33-month period and found a significant correlation between unit-specific improvements in electronic monitoring compliance and reductions in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection rates (r = -0.37, P < .001).
journal_name
Am J Infect Controljournal_title
American journal of infection controlauthors
Kelly JW,Blackhurst D,McAtee W,Steed Cdoi
10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.215subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-08-01 00:00:00pages
956-7issue
8eissn
0196-6553issn
1527-3296pii
S0196-6553(16)30340-6journal_volume
44pub_type
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
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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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更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00
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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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更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-06-01 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.2011.09.009
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
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更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
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