A multifaceted approach to education, observation, and feedback in a successful hand hygiene campaign

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-10

  Doron, Shira I ^a,b   Kifuji, Kayoko ^a,b   Hynes, Brooke Tyson ^a   Dunlop, Dan ^c   Lemon, Tricia ^a   Hansjosten, Karen ^a   Cheung, Teresa ^a   Curley, Barbara ^a   Snydman, David R ^b   Fairchild, David G ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Jennings   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 78651238492     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(11)37001-8     Document Type: Article

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