A review of the evidence for hand hygiene in different clinical and community settings for family physicians

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Yeung, John W K ^a   Tam, Wilson W S ^a   Wong, Tze Wai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; TRICLOSAN;

BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34250674875     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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