Cross-infection prevention, basic hygiene practices and education within nursing and health care in Latvia: A Swedish-Latvian practice development project

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 404-411

  Sjöström, Harrieth Thunberg ^a   Skyman, Eva ^b   Hellström, Lisbeth ^a   Kula, Marite ^c   Grinevika, Valentina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Department of Infectious Diseases   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; SOAP;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISINFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LATVIA; MASK; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL STUDY; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 10744229537     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-6917(03)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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