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Impact of COVID-19 on hospital hand hygiene performance: a multicentre observational study using group electronic monitoring
Victoria Williams, Adam Kovacs-Litman, Matthew P. Muller, Susy Hota, Jeff E. Powis, Daniel R. Ricciuto, Dominik Mertz, Kevin Katz, Lucas Castellani, Alex Kiss, Amber Linkenheld-Struk and Jerome A. Leis
December 14, 2021 9 (4) E1175-E1180; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210072
Victoria Williams
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MPHAdam Kovacs-Litman
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MDMatthew P. Muller
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MD PhDSusy Hota
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MD MScJeff E. Powis
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MD MScDaniel R. Ricciuto
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MDDominik Mertz
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MD MScKevin Katz
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MDLucas Castellani
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MDAlex Kiss
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
PhDAmber Linkenheld-Struk
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
MLTJerome A. Leis
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Williams, Linkenheld-Struk, Leis); Department of Medicine (Kovacs-Litman, Muller, Hota, Powis, Leis), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Muller), St. Michael’s Hospital; University Health Network (Hota); Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Powis, Ricciuto), Peterborough, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Powis), Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Ricciuto), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; Sault Area Hospital (Castellani), Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Kiss, Leis), Toronto, Ont.
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Impact of COVID-19 on hospital hand hygiene performance: a multicentre observational study using group electronic monitoring
Victoria Williams, Adam Kovacs-Litman, Matthew P. Muller, Susy Hota, Jeff E. Powis, Daniel R. Ricciuto, Dominik Mertz, Kevin Katz, Lucas Castellani, Alex Kiss, Amber Linkenheld-Struk, Jerome A. Leis
Oct 2021, 9 (4) E1175-E1180; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20210072
Impact of COVID-19 on hospital hand hygiene performance: a multicentre observational study using group electronic monitoring
Victoria Williams, Adam Kovacs-Litman, Matthew P. Muller, Susy Hota, Jeff E. Powis, Daniel R. Ricciuto, Dominik Mertz, Kevin Katz, Lucas Castellani, Alex Kiss, Amber Linkenheld-Struk, Jerome A. Leis
Oct 2021, 9 (4) E1175-E1180; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20210072
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