Steady improvement of infection control services in six community hospitals in Makkah following annual audits during Hajj for four consecutive years

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Madani, Tariq A ^a,b   Albarrak, Ali M ^c   Alhazmi, Mohammad A ^b   Alazraqi, Tarik A ^d   Althaqafi, Abdulahakeem O ^e   Ishaq, Abdulrahman H ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FOOD CONTROL; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEST CONTROL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; URINE CATHETER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WOUND DRESSING;

HAND DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISLAM; LAUNDERING; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MEDICAL WASTE; PEST CONTROL; SAUDI ARABIA; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749523878     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-135     Document Type: Article

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