The concept of smart and connected healthcare has emerged in response to the growing
demand for the improvement of healthcare systems and the increasing prevalence of …

Monitoring hand hygiene compliance among health care personnel (HCP) is an essential
element of hand hygiene promotion programs. Observation by trained auditors is considered …

The purpose of this document is to highlight practical recommendations to assist acute-care
hospitals in prioritization and implementation of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated …

Background Hand hygiene (HH) in health care facilities is a key component to reduce
pathogen transmission and nosocomial infections. However, most HH interventions (HHI) …

The aim of this review is to show the historical aspects of hands washing for healthy life and
explains how can reduce the transmission of community-acquired infectious agents by …

Background The World Health Organization recommends regular hand hygiene monitoring
and feedback to improve hand hygiene behaviors and health care–associated infection …

Background Hand hygiene is crucial for preventing nosocomial infections; however,
adherence rates need further attention. Prevention of nosocomial infections through regular …

Background The mandatory national hand hygiene program requires Australian public
hospitals to use direct human auditing to establish compliance rates. To establish the …

Highlights•Electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems (EHMS) are challenging to
implement.•Implementing an EHMS may disrupt physical infrastructure and clinician …

Background Daily feedback from continuous automated auditing with a peer reminder
intervention was used to improve compliance. Compliance rates from covert and overt …