State-of-the-art hand hygiene in community medicine

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 465-472

  Kampf, Günter ^a,b  

^a Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hand disinfection; Hand hygiene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; REVIEW; SKIN CARE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEPATITIS C VIRUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0142147139     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00257     Document Type: Article

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