Defining the configuration of a hand hygiene monitoring system

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 518-522

  Boscart, Veronique M ^a,b   Levchenko, Alexander I ^a   Fernie, Geoff R ^a,c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hand washing; hospital acquired infection; infection control; monitoring system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSES; ONTARIO; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956225747     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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