Impact of wearable alcohol gel dispensers on hand hygiene in an emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-396

  Haas, Janet P ^a   Larson, Elaine L ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Hand hygiene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY WARD; GEL; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL ALCOHOL GEL DISPENSING SYSTEM; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; URBAN AREA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALCOHOLS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GELS; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN CARE;

EID: 42949151424     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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