Highlights
- •Direct observation is increasingly considered a flawed data collection method for hand hygiene auditing
- •Electronic alternatives, while recommended, are largely incompatible with the WHO “5 Moments”
- •Video-based monitoring systems (VMS) offer a possible solution but present methodological and technical challenges
- •Success of future VMS technology for hand hygiene auditing will particularly need to consider patient and health professional acceptability.
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Conflict of Interest: None to report.
Funding/support: This study was supported by a University of Sydney PhD candidate stipend, and research grant funding from the Marie Bashier Institute for Infectious Disease and Biosecurity at the University of Sydney.
Authors contrivutions: RZS established the study concept and the warrant for the manuscript. KMc and RZS drafted the paper, and all authors had critical input.