Effect of teaching recommended world health organization technique on the use of alcohol-based hand rub by medical students

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1194-1195

  Tschudin Sutter, S ^a   Frei, R ^a   Dangel, M ^a   Widmer, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

2-PROPANOL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DISINFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SOLVENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957863995     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656745     Document Type: Article

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