Patient Empowerment and Multimodal Hand Hygiene Promotion: A Win-Win Strategy

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Mcguckin, Maryanne ^a   Storr, Julie ^b,c   Longtin, Yves ^d   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^e   Pittet, Didier ^d,e  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e World Alliance for Patient Safety   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

hand hygiene adherence; hand hygiene compliance; multimodal hand hygiene program; patient empowerment; patient participation

Indexed keywords

HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79955676570     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610373138     Document Type: Article

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