Knowledge of standard and isolation precautions in a large teaching hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 298-304

  Sax, Hugo ^a   Perneger, Thomas ^a,b   Hugonnet, Stéphane ^a   Herrault, Pascale ^a   Chraïti, Marie Noëlle ^a   Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 15944387057     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502543     Document Type: Article

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