Cartoon illustration of two medical professionals and a businessman, with one using a hand hygiene device near a door.

Making A Financial Case for Automated Hand Hygiene Compliance. Part 2: Cost of Direct Observation

Our previous blog article about making a financial case for automated hand hygiene compliance covered the costs of healthcare-acquired infections. In this one, we’ll explain why the money spent on direct observation often leads to misleading compliance data. It’s clear that direct observation inflates hand hygiene compliance rates (Nour-Omid, 2021), according to evidence found in …

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