Compliance and efficacy of hand rubbing during in-hospital practice

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 313-317

  Karabay, Oguz ^a   Sencan, Irfan ^a   Sahin, Idris ^a   Alpteker, Hacer ^a   Ozcan, Arzu ^a   Oksuz, Sukru ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hand rubbing; Hand washing; Hospital infection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SOAP;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOAPS; TURKEY;

EID: 23844543357     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086928     Document Type: Article

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