Method for automated monitoring of hand hygiene adherence without radio-frequency identification.
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.
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. philip‐polgreen@uiowa.edu
Philip M
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Polgreen
Christopher S
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Hlady
Monica A
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Severson
Alberto M
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Herman
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