Investigating the knowledge, attitudes and practice patterns of operating room staff towards standard and transmission-based precautions: Results of a cluster analysis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1051-1062

  Chan, Moon Fai ^a   Ho, Aly ^b   Day, Mary Christine ^c  

^a KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Infection control; Nurses; Nursing; Theatres

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 40449107525     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01998.x     Document Type: Article

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