Assessment of a hand hygiene program on healthcare-associated infection control;Impacto de la mejora de la higiene de las manos sobre las infecciones hospitalarias

Revista de Calidad Asistencial

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-222

  Molina Cabrillana, J ^a   Alvarez Leon E E ^a   Quori, A ^a   Garcia De Carlos P ^b   Lopez Carrio I ^a   Bolanos Rivero M ^a   Hernandez Vera J R ^a   Ojeda Garcia I ^a   Cordoba Tasi E ^a   Ramirez Rodriguez A ^a   Henriquez Ojeda A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Servicio Canario de Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adherence; Hand Hygiene; Health care associated infection; Impact; Multi modal campaign

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77954621206     PISSN: 1134282X     EISSN: 18871364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cali.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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