Cleanyourhands Campaign: a critique of the critique

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 288-289

  Stone, S ^a   Slade, R ^a   Fuller, C ^a   McAteer, J ^b   Cookson, B ^c   Teare, L ^d   Jeanes, A ^e   Cooper, B ^c   Roberts, J ^f   Duckworth, G ^c   Hayward, A ^a   Charlett, A ^c   Michie, S ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS Mid Essex   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; GLYCEROL; SOAP;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION;

CROSS INFECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSERVICE TRAINING;

EID: 34250830220     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.03.027     Document Type: Letter

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