Health care workers' hand decontamination practices: An irish study

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-26

  Creedon, Sile A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Compliance; Hand hygiene; Infection control; Nurse; PRECEDE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRELAND; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRELAND; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAMPHLETS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 31444439723     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773805282445     Document Type: Article

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