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Efficacy of a new educational tool to improve Handrubbing technique amongst healthcare workers: a controlled, before-after study

ContributorsStewardson, Andréw James; Iten, Anne Clemence Marie; Camus, Véronique; Gayet-Ageron, Angèle; Caulfield, Darren; Lacey, Gerard; Pittet, Didier
Published inPloS one, vol. 9, no. 9, e105866
Publication date2014
Abstract

Hand hygiene is a key component of infection control in healthcare. WHO recommends that healthcare workers perform six specific poses during each hand hygiene action. SureWash (Glanta Ltd, Dublin, Ireland) is a novel device that uses video-measurement technology and immediate feedback to teach this technique. We assessed the impact of self-directed SureWash use on healthcare worker hand hygiene technique and evaluated the device's diagnostic capacity.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Controlled Before-After Studies
  • Female
  • Hand Hygiene/methods
  • Health Personnel/education
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • ROC Curve
  • Young Adult
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STEWARDSON, Andréw James et al. Efficacy of a new educational tool to improve Handrubbing technique amongst healthcare workers: a controlled, before-after study. In: PloS one, 2014, vol. 9, n° 9, p. e105866. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105866
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