Why don't doctors wash their hands? A correlational study of thinking styles and hand hygiene

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 399-406

  Sladek, Ruth M ^a   Bond, Malcolm J ^a   Phillips, Paddy A ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SELF REPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 48049119752     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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