Hand hygiene of health care workers: Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice

Epitheorese Klinikes Farmakologias kai Farmakokinetikes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-65

  Nestoridou, Katerina ^a,b   Zagkalis, Theologos ^a   Zachou, Fotini ^a   Boulaniki, Paraskevi ^a   Mouchtouri, Varvara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antisepsis; Hand hygiene; Hand washing; Hand washing technique

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SOAP;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FLORA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77953015493     PISSN: 10116575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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