Assessment of health care personnel needs for training in infection control: one size does not fit all

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 757-760

  Knapp, Megan Bush ^a   McIntyre, Rosemarie ^a   Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda L ^a   Pearson, Michele L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STAFF TRAINING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57349130566     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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