A method for evaluating health care workers' personal protective equipment technique

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 415-420

  Beam, Elizabeth L ^a   Gibbs, Shawn G ^a   Boulter, Kathleen C ^c   Beckerdite, Marcia E ^c   Smith, Philip W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

contamination; Infection control; patient care; simulation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SIMULATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BENCHMARKING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79957914896     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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