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Quantification of the Hawthorne effect in hand hygiene compliance monitoring using an electronic monitoring system: a retrospective cohort study

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  • Jocelyn A Srigley Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Colin D Furness Infonaut Inc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • G Ross Baker Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Gardam Department of Infection Prevention & Control, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jocelyn A Srigley, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, 711 Concession Street, M1-Room 8, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8V 1C3; srigley{at}hhsc.ca
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Srigley JA, Furness CD, Baker GR, et al
Quantification of the Hawthorne effect in hand hygiene compliance monitoring using an electronic monitoring system: a retrospective cohort study
BMJ Quality & Safety 2014;23:974-980.

Publication history

  • Received March 31, 2014
  • Revised June 20, 2014
  • Accepted June 21, 2014
  • First published July 7, 2014.
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May 13, 2016

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