Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of contact precautions among Iranian nurses

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 486-488

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a,c   Shiraly, Ramin ^a   McLaws, Mary Louise ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IRAN; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 26444593293     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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