The relationship between hand area and hand contamination

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-68

  Ren, Shuhua ^a   Ni, Xiaoping ^b   Xu, Hong ^b   Den, Jing ^b   Wang, Yinghong ^b   Sun, Jianrong ^b   Kong, Qingxin ^b   Zha, Jie ^b   Jin, Hui ^b   Zhao, Hongfeng ^a   Shen, Linhai ^b  

^a HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b HANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

colony forming units; Hand hygiene; health care associated infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HAND AREA; HAND HYGIENE; HAND PALM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE;

EID: 79551530292     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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