Abstract
The proper implementation of hand hygiene at key moments during patient care is the
most important means of preventing healthcare-associated infection. Although there
are many programmes aimed at enhancing hand hygiene, the compliance of healthcare
workers (HCWs) remains incredibly low. One limiting factor is the lack of standardized
measures and reports of hand hygiene opportunities. Direct observational audits have
reported the weaknesses in this field. We report here a radiofrequency identification-based
real-time automated continuous recording system (MediHandTrace
®) that permits the tracking of hand hygiene opportunities and the disinfection compliance
of HCWs that we evaluated against video recordings as being accurate (99.02%), sensitive
(95.65%) and specific (100%). The system can also provide information that is useful
to understand HCW non-compliance and will allow the evaluation of future intervention
studies.
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Article published online: 22 November 2013
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