Health care worker perceptions of hand hygiene practices and obstacles in a developing region

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 855-857

  Borg, Michael A ^a   Benbachir, Mohamed ^b   Cookson, Barry D ^c   Ben Redjeb, Saida ^d   Elnasser, Ziad ^e   Rasslan, Ossama ^f   Gür, Deniz ^g   Daoud, Ziad ^h   Bagatzouni, Despo Pieridou ⁱ  

^a MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Morocco)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^f AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^g HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

ⁱ NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HANDWASHING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 71249095628     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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