Compliance with handwashing in a teaching hospital

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-130

  Pittet, Didier ^a,b   Mourouga, Philippe ^a,c   Perneger, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033582186     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-2-199901190-00006     Document Type: Article

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