While it has been shown that hand hygiene adherence rates are affected by the Hawthorne effect — meaning healthcare workers are more likely to wash their hands when they know they are being observed — ...

When it comes to improving and sustaining hand hygiene compliance rates, peer pressure may be more effective than the promise of a cash bonus, according to a study in a California hospital described ...

David Sellers is vice president of clinical research at Proventix Systems, Inc., a healthcare technology company based in Birmingham, Alabama. that produces nGage™, an electronic hand-hygiene ...