Comparison of national and subnational guidelines for hand hygiene

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-210

  Cookson, B ^a   Mathai, E ^b   Allegranzi, B ^b   Pessoa Silva, C L ^b   Nejad, S Bagheri ^b   Schneider, A ^c   Tschopp, C ^c   Wendt, C ^d   Pittet, D ^b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Hygiene Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Hand hygiene; Infection control

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARY; MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE;

EID: 67349121231     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.03.022     Document Type: Review

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