As pressure to reduce infection rates builds, many hospitals are reevaulating their hand hygiene protocols. Of course, as a bone and joint surgeon, this was an important clinical concern to me and my patients. And, as a health economist, this is a vital issue of cost control and health insurance today.But, according to Jeff Ferenc, “secret shoppers” and other self-reporting programs can lead to inaccuracies, and many hospitals are turning to a slew of new electronic surveillance products that give clinicians automatic hand-washing reminders that then verify compliance.
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