title: Replicating changes in hand hygiene in a surgical intensive care unit with remote video auditing and feedback.
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.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Infectious Disease, Infection Prevention, Nursing, and Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY. Electronic address: darmelli@nshs.edu.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Armellino
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Narendra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Schilling
authors.forename: Erfan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Farber
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005246:Feedback; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Compliance; Data; Health care worker; Improvement