Factors interfering with the microflora on hands: A regression analysis of samples from 465 healthcare workers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-307

  Fagernes, Mette ^a   Lingaas, Egil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hand contamination; Hand hygiene; Healthcare workers; Hospital infection

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAND; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JEWELRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAIL; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL GLOVE; TIME;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HAND; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JEWELRY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAILS; NORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78651458353     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05462.x     Document Type: Article

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