'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene.

H. Sax; B. Allegranzi; I. Uçkay; E. Larson; J. Boyce; D. Pittet

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'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene.

January 5, 2012

Sax H, Allegranzi B, Uçkay I, et al. J Hosp Infect. 2007;67(1):9-21.

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Combining evidence regarding hand hygiene in hospitals with human factors and cognitive science concepts, the authors create a practical model for reducing infections through alcohol-based hand rubbing.

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