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Healthcare worker perceptions of hand hygiene monitoring technologies: Does technology performance matter?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2021

Deborah G. Druckerman
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
Nital Appelbaum
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
Jo Dee Armstrong-Novak
Affiliation:
VCU Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Nadia Masroor
Affiliation:
VCU Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Kaila Cooper
Affiliation:
VCU Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Michael P. Stevens
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia VCU Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Emily Godbout
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia VCU Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Gonzalo Bearman
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia VCU Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Michelle E. Doll*
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia VCU Health System, Richmond, Virginia
*
Author for correspondence: Michelle E. Doll, E-mail: Michelle.Doll@vcuhealth.org

Abstract

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

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