Effect of a hand hygiene compliance system
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Charlotte Horman, Aleassa Hruska, Claudia King, and Lori Leathers - EBP Students
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- Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Quincy, Illinois, USA
In critical care patients, how does tracking hand hygiene by using BioVigil as opposed to not tracking hand hygiene affect hospital acquired infrection rates?
This poster was an assigned project in Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences' NSG 404: Fundamentals of Evidence Based Practice, Fall 2022.
| Type | Poster |
| Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
| Review Type | Faculty Approved: Degree-based Submission |
| Format | Text-based Document |
| Evidence Level | Literature Review |
| Research Approach | Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice |
| Keywords | Hand Hygiene; Infection Control; Compliance |
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