The prevalence of, and factors related to, compliance with glove utilization among nurses in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 636-642

  Naing, Lin ^a   Nordin, Rusli ^a   Musa, Razlan ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 0035468087     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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