Improving compliance with hand hygiene in hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 381-386

  Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND WASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034198905     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501777     Document Type: Article

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