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Studies and Systematic Reviews

1. Cawthorne K-R., Powell D., Cooke RP. Rapid phase I evaluation of a novel automated hand hygiene monitoring system in response to COVID-19. BMJ Innovations 2022:bmjinnov-2021-000859. Doi: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2021-000859.

2. Cawthorne K-R, Dean J, Cooke RPD. The financial impact of improved hand hygiene on healthcare-associated infections in the UK. Can J Infect Control 2020; 35:117–122.

3. Cawthorne K-R., Cooke RPD. Healthcare workers’ attitudes to how hand hygiene performance is currently monitored and assessed. J Hosp Infect 2020;105(4):705–9. Doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.039.

4.Cawthorne K-R., Cooke RPD. A survey of commercially available electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems and their impact on reducing healthcare-associated infections. J Hosp Infect 2021. Doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.03.009.

5. Cawthorne K-R ., Oliver C., Cooke RPD. A user’s view of commercial mobile applications designed to measure hand hygiene compliance by direct observation. Journal of Hospital Infection 2021. Doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.08.008.

Commentaries and Letters

1. Cawthorne K-R., Cooke RPD. Are electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems cost-effective? Stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trials are needed to assess their impact on reducing healthcare-associated infections. J Hosp Infect 2020;106(1):200–1. Doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.033.

2. Cawthorne K-R ., Cooke RPD. Innovative technologies for hand hygiene monitoring are urgently needed in the fight against COVID-19. J Hosp Infect 2020;105(2):362–3. Doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.04.005.

3. Cawthorne KR, Cooke RPD (2021) Automated Hand Hygiene Monitoring Systems: Current Issues, Developments and Perceived Benefits. Microbiol Immunol Pathol Volume 2(1): 1–3. DOI: 10.31038/MIP.2021214

4. Cawthorne K-R., Cooke RP. A standardised approach to validate both the accuracy and precision of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems is needed. Journal of Infection Prevention 2020;22(1):42–3. Doi: 10.1177/1757177420963791.

5. Cawthorne K-R., Cooke RPD. Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials Are the Way Forward to Assess Innovative Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technologies. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021. Doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1922.

6. Cawthorne K-R., Cooke RPD. Staff views need to be at the centre of electronic hand hygiene monitoring system development. Journal of Infection Prevention 2022:175717742210925. Doi: 10.1177/17571774221092530.