Time-motion analysis of health careworkers' contactwith patients and workers' hand hygiene: Open Vs closed units

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Khan, Babar A ^a   Hui, Ken Yon ^b   Hui, Siu L ^a,c   Gulati, Rajesh ^d   Tricker, Jason ^f   Campbell, Noll L ^d   Farber, Mark O ^a   Boustani, Malaz A ^c,e   Buckley, John D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^f WISHARD HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIANA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 79959951319     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2011779     Document Type: Article

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