Hand hygiene in the dermatologist's office: To wash or to rub?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1043-1049

  Messina, Michael J ^a   Brodell, Lindsey A ^b   Brodell, Robert T ^b,c,d   Mostow, Eliot N ^c,d  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; PROPANOL; TRICLOSAN;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOLS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CROSS INFECTION; DERMATOLOGY; DISINFECTION; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; OFFICE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 55949097571     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.07.033     Document Type: Review

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