Assessing the Hawthorne effect on hand hygiene compliance in an intensive care unit

• Main Authors: Solange Angelina Bruchez (Author), Giulianna Chiqueto Duarte (Author), Renata Alessandra Sadowski (Author), Ademir Custódio da Silva Filho (Author), Wupiham Eloy Fahning (Author), Sheila Alexandra Belini Nishiyama (Author), Maria Cristina Bronharo Tognim (Author), Celso Luiz Cardoso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The influence of the Hawthorne effect on hand hygiene compliance in an intensive care unit was assessed using covert and overt direct observation. Methods: The observational study was conducted from February to November 2018 in a 24-bed adult intensive care unit in a 243-bed ter...