Influence of rub-in technique on required application time and hand coverage in hygienic hand disinfection

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kampf, Günter ^a,b   Reichel, Mirja ^a,c   Feil, Yvonne ^a   Eggerstedt, Sven ^a   Kaulfers, Paul Michael ^d  

^a Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HAND RUB TECHNIQUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYGIENIC HAND DISINFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TIME; EUROPE; FLUORESCENCE; HAND WASHING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STAINING; STANDARD;

ADULT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57749168383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-149     Document Type: Article

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