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Evaluating compliance with infection prevention protocols in red-box rooms via remote video auditing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2021

Vansha Singh*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, New York; Unity Health Network, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Prashant Malhotra*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, New York
Akshay Khatri
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, New York
Aradhana Khameraj
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Unit, Northshore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
Rehana Rasul
Affiliation:
Biostatistics Unit, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell, Manhasset, New York
Rebecca M. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell, Manhasset, New York
Bruce Farber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, New York
*
Author for correspondence: Vansha Singh, E-mail: vansha.s21@gmail.com or Prashant Malhotra, E-mail: PMalhotr@northwell.edu
Author for correspondence: Vansha Singh, E-mail: vansha.s21@gmail.com or Prashant Malhotra, E-mail: PMalhotr@northwell.edu

Abstract

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Research Brief
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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