Assessing hand hygiene resources and practices at a large African teaching hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 802-808

  Owusu Ofor, Alex ^a   Jennings, Rebecca ^b   Burgess, Jennifer ^b   Prasad, Priya A ^c   Acheampong, Faustinass ^a   Coffin, Susan E ^b,c  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE BASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEAM BUILDING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALCOHOLS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GHANA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; HAND DISINFECTION;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

EID: 77955886393     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/654005     Document Type: Article

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