Assessment of infection control knowledge, attitude and practice among healthcare workers during the Hajj period of the Islamic year 1423 (2003)

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1018-1024

  Ghabrah, Tawfik M ^a   Madani, Tariq A ^a,b   Albarrak, Ali M ^b   Alhazmi, Mohammad A ^b   Alazraqi, Tarik A ^c   Alhudaithi, Mugbil A ^d   Ishaq, Abdulrahman H ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAINING;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISLAM; MALE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 36348938644     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701466173     Document Type: Article

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