The Precision of Human-Generated Hand-Hygiene Observations: A Comparison of Human Observation with an Automated Monitoring System

We compared the observations of nearly 1,400 hand-hygiene-related events recorded by an automated system and by human observers. Observation details differed for 38% of these events. Two likely explanations for these inconsistencies were the distance between the observer and the event and the busyness of the clinic.

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