Survey of employee knowledge and attitudes before and after a multicenter Veterans' Administration quality improvement initiative to reduce nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 274-282

  Burkitt, Kelly H ^a   Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda L ^b   Obrosky, D Scott ^a   Cuerdon, Timothy ^c   Miller, LaToya J ^a,d   Jain, Rajiv ^a   Jernigan, John A ^b   Fine, Michael J ^a,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration Central Office   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; VETERAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77951979216     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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