Handwashing compliance by health care workers: The impact of introducing an accessible, alcohol-based hand antiseptic

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1017-1021

  Bischoff, Werner E ^a,b   Reynolds, Tammy M ^a   Sessler, Curtis N ^a   Edmond, Michael B ^a   Wenzel, Richard P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ARTICLE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT;

EID: 0034630115     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.7.1017     Document Type: Article

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