Reconsidering Hand Hygiene Monitoring
| Autor: | Titus L. Daniels |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Cross Infection
business.industry Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Hawthorne effect Applied psychology Direct observation Audit Infectious Disease Transmission Professional-to-Patient Compliance (psychology) Major Articles and Brief Reports Infectious Diseases Hygiene Health care Humans Immunology and Allergy Medicine Conversation In patient Contact Tracing business Hand Disinfection media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infectious Diseases. 206:1488-1490 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/infdis/jis549 |
| Popis: | Observations are also generally limited to work shifts when a full complement of personnel is available for administrative tasks (ie, daytime). Further, the direct observation strategy for measuring HH compliance has long been limited by the “Hawthorne effect,” which refers to a change in behavior that results from the direct visualization of activities. Anecdotally, virtually every healthcare epidemiologist can almost certainly retell a conversation in which an HCW recounted performing HH only when observers were present and conducting compliance audits. Though many organizations attempt to mitigate this effect by using unknown, nonstaff, volunteer, or other types of “secret” observers, over time most individuals working in patient care units will be able to determine the purpose of any person not usually identified as being part of the patient care environment. Implementation of electronic moni |
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