'Clean Care is Safer Care': the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005-2006

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 419-424

  Pittet, Didier ^a,b   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^b,c   Storr, Julie ^b   Donaldson, Liam ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene; Healthcare associated infection; Infection control; Patient safety; Prevention; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTEREMIA; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY CARE; HAND WASHING; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS INFECTION; HAND; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33750352303     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.06.001     Document Type: Review

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