Attitudes, practices, and infection risks of hemophilia treatment center nurses who teach infection control for the home

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 726-731

  Lobato, Mark N ^a   Hannan, Judith ^a   Simonds, R J ^a   Riske, Brenda ^b   Evatt, Bruce L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b National Hemophilia Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFUSION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOPHILIA A; HOME INFUSION THERAPY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030280927     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141544     Document Type: Article

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