Infection control knowledge, attitude, and practice among Nepalese health care workers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 595-597

  Paudyal, Priyamvada ^a   Simkhada, Padam ^a   Bruce, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE MASK; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEPAL; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STAFF TRAINING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 52149108734     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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