Open AccessMeasuring hand hygiene compliance rates in different special care settings: a comparative study of methodologies
Author(s) -
Thyago Pereira Magnus,
Alexandre R. Marra,
Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo,
Elivane da Silva Victor,
Lidiane Soares Sodre Costa,
Vanessa Jonas Cardoso,
Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos,
Michael B. Edmond
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.016
Subject(s) - medicine , hygiene , intensive care unit , hematology , emergency medicine , pathology
The purpose of this study was to compare methods for assessing compliance with hand hygiene in an intensive care unit (ICU), a step-down unit (SDU), and a hematology-oncology unit.
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