Measuring hand hygiene opportunities per hour across two neonatal intensive care units

Background: To estimate hand hygiene compliance using electronic hand hygiene monitoring, the number of hand hygiene opportunities (HHOs) per period must be known in a given setting. Data on the number of HHOs in a neonatal ICU (NICU) are limited. We measured HHOs per hour and identified factors tha...

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Main Authors: Eugene Lee, Souad Al-Muthree, Paige Reason, Meghan Donohue, Michael Dunn, Meghan Statchuk, Sarah Khan, Shikha Gupta-Bhatnagar, Salhab El-Helou, Jerome Leis, Dominik Mertz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-06-01
Series:Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X23003194/type/journal_article