Surgical team satisfaction levels between two preoperative hand-washing methods;Niveles de satisfacción del equipo quirúrgico entre dos métodos de lavado de mano

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 532-537

  Vergara Fernández, Omar ^a   Morales Olivera, José Martín ^a   Ponce De León Rosales, Sergio ^c   Vega Batista, Roger ^a   Mejía Ovalle, Rabí ^a   Huertas Jiménez, Martha ^b   Ponce de León, Alfredo ^a   Navarrete, Margarita ^a   Ponce de León, Samuel ^b   Macías, Alejandro ^b   Takahashi Monroy, Takeshi ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b Servicio de Epidemiología Hospitalaria   (Mexico)

^c Unidad de Epidemiología Clínica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antiseptic; Chlorhexidine; Ethyl alcohol; Preoperative hand washing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRY SKIN; HAND; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; TIME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; CHLORHEXIDINE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST SAVINGS; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FUNGI; GENERAL SURGERY; HAND; HAND DERMATOSES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; MALE; OPERATING ROOM TECHNICIANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WATER;

EID: 79953103696     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: 00348376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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