Attitudes of healthcare workers and patients toward individualized hand hygiene reminders

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 781-782

  Julian, Kathleen G ^a   Subramanian, Kavitha ^a   Brumbach, Arlene ^a   Whitener, Cynthia J ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND WASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 50949115837     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590083     Document Type: Letter

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