Nurses' infection-control practice: Hand decontamination, the use of gloves and sharp instruments

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-160

  Gould, Dinah ^a   Wilson Barnett, Jenifer ^a   Ream, Emma ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; POLICY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STAB WOUND; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKLOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONDON; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0030117615     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7489(95)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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