Effects of 'bare below the elbows' policy on hand contamination of 92 hospital doctors in a district general hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-119

  Willis Owen, C A ^a   Subramanian, P ^a   Kumari, P ^a   Houlihan Burne, D ^a  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bare below the elbows; Hand hygiene; Hand washing; Hospital acquired infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOTHING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HAND CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; CLOTHING; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952583418     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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