Effect of guideline implementation on costs of hand hygiene

Nursing Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 279-284

  Stone, Patricia W ^a   Hasan, Sumya ^a   Quiros, Dave ^a   Larson, Elaine L ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; SOAP;

ARTICLE; BED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GEL; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAPER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

2-PROPANOL; BEDDING AND LINENS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GELS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HANDWASHING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAPER; SOAPS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949207300     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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