Video surveillance of hand hygiene

Study says video surveillance has comparable results to in-person observation when measuring hand-hygiene compliance


A recent study says video surveillance has comparable results to in-person observation when measuring hand-hygiene compliance, according to an article on the Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality website.

Researchers used video surveillance and in-person observation simultaneously and separately at four schools in Kenya over an eight-week period. 

Video observation yielded similar behavior as in-person observation, the researchers found, but people were more likely to clean their hands when both methods were deployed, the article said.

Read the article.

 

 



April 30, 2014


Topic Area: Safety


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