Hand hygiene practices are suboptimal in clinical venues, and improving and sustaining rates of compliance have been difficult to achieve.1 Feedback to clinicians has been recognized as a mechanism for improving compliance.1'2 Rarely are healthcare workers provided with personalized feedback on their hand hygiene practices. Electronic technology is being explored as a means to improve the rates of hand hygiene compliance.3 This emerging area of study has the potential to provide an important level of necessary feedback and to serve as a critical tool for improving hand hygiene practices.
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