Hand hygiene among physicians: Performance, beliefs, and perceptions

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Pittet, Didier ^a   Simon, Anne ^a   Hugonnet, Stéphane ^a   Pessoa Silva, Carmen Lúcia ^a   Sauvan, Valérie ^a   Perneger, Thomas V ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 3042857747     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-1-200407060-00008     Document Type: Review

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