Assessment of two hand hygiene regimens for intensive care unit personnel

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 944-951

  Larson, Elaine L ^a   Aiello, Allison E ^b   Bastyr, Jed ^c   Lyle, Chris ^c   Stahl, Julie ^c   Cronquist, Alicia ^b   Lai, Lena ^d   Della Latta, Phyllis ^e  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Columbia University School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^e NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Antisepsis; Chlorhexidine gluconate; Critical care; Handwashing; Hygiene; Infection control; Nosocomial infections; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MICROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN;

EID: 0035002502     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200105000-00007     Document Type: Article

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