Increasing ICU Staff Handwashing: Effects of Education and Group Feedback

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 191-193

  Dubbert, Patricia M ^a   Dolce, Jeffrey ^b   Richter, William ^a   Miller, Mary ^a   Chapman, Stanley W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

COMMUNICATION; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HANDWASHING; HUMAN; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0025412591     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/646148     Document Type: Article

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