Increasing hand hygiene compliance: A mystery?

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 263-267

  Foster, Kelly M ^a,b   Clark, Angela P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOENGINEERING; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HYGIENE; MOTIVATION; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HYGIENE; MOTIVATION; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58749083917     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUR.0000325379.07342.75     Document Type: Editorial

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