Compliance with antiseptic hand rub use in intensive care units: The Hawthorne effect

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 931-934

  Eckmanns, Tim ^a   Bessert, Jan ^a   Behnke, Michael ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^b   Rüden, Henning ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 33749038923     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507294     Document Type: Article

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