Handwashing and gloving practice among health care workers in medical and surgical wards in a tertiary care centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 620-624

  Basurrah, Mona ^a   Madani, Tariq ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENTS' ROOMS; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGERY;

EID: 33746632098     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600617025     Document Type: Article

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