Undergraduate nursing students' knowledge and perception of infection prevention and control

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-94

  Vandijck, D M ^a,b   Labeau, S O ^c   De Somere, J ^c   Claes, B ^d   Blot, S I ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 37749014685     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.10.013     Document Type: Letter

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