• DOI:10.1097/01.CCM.0000108866.48795.0F
Corpus ID: 9817602

Electronic monitoring and voice prompts improve hand hygiene and decrease nosocomial infections in an intermediate care unit*

@article{Swoboda2004ElectronicMA,
  title={Electronic monitoring and voice prompts improve hand hygiene and decrease nosocomial infections in an intermediate care unit*},
  author={S. Swoboda and K. Earsing and K. Strauss and S. Lane and P. Lipsett},
  journal={Critical Care Medicine},
  year={2004},
  volume={32},
  pages={358-363}
}

S. Swoboda, K. Earsing, +2 authors P. Lipsett

Published 2004

Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

ObjectiveTo determine whether electronic monitoring of hand hygiene and voice prompts can improve hand hygiene and decrease nosocomial infection rates in a surgical intermediate care unit. DesignThree-phase quasi-experimental design. Phase I was electronic monitoring and direct observation; phase II was electronic monitoring and computerized voice prompts for failure to perform hand hygiene on room exit; and phase III was electronic monitoring only. SettingNine-room, 14-bed intermediate care… CONTINUE READING

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