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Sarah Wilson
Clinical Scientist, GOJO Industries Senior
Sarah Wilson is a Senior Clinical Scientist at GOJO Industries. She has significant experience in the development and testing of antimicrobial products, with more than 40 presentations at leading scientific conferences and peer-reviewed journal publications on these topics. Her abstract “Comparative Efficacy of Commercially Available Alcohol-based Handrubs and WHO-Recommended Handrubs: Which is More Critical, Alcohol Content or Product Formulation?” won the William A. Rutala Research Award and a Blue Ribbon Abstract Award at APIC in 2011. Sarah holds her Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Akron, and an undergraduate degree in Biology.
Electronic Monitoring Systems Can Improve Healthcare Hand Hygiene Compliance
10/2/2013
By Sarah Wilson
Clinical Scientist, GOJO Industries Senior
The gold standard for monitoring hand hygiene compliance, visual observation, often overestimates hand hygiene compliance rates. Therefore, many facilities don’t know they have a hand hygiene compliance problem!
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