Comparative studies of hand disinfection and handwashing procedures as tested by pupils in intervention programs

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 450-455

  Nandrup Bus, Inge ^a  

^a Health Visitor Department   (Denmark)

Author keywords

elementary school; hand hygiene; Infectious illness absence; mandatory; pedagogical effect; role models; school children

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HYGIENE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PUPIL; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79960944897     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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