Evaluation of individual and facility factors that promote hand washing in aged-care facilities in Japan

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-134

  Takahashi, Ikuko ^a   Turale, Sue ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged care facilities; Care staff; Facility factors; Hand washing compliance; Individual factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950121142     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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