Skin exposure in geriatric care - A comparison between observation and self-assessment of exposure

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-258

  Anveden, Ingegärd ^a,b,c   Meding, Birgitta ^b  

^a Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hand disinfection; Protective gloves; Self reports; Validation; Wet work

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISINFECTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GLOVE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSE; NURSING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SKIN; TIME; VOLUNTEER; WORK;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISINFECTANTS; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 34548551359     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01211.x     Document Type: Article

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