Impact of improving glove usage on the hand hygiene compliance

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 608-610

  Eveillard, Matthieu ^a,b,c   Guilloteau, Véronique ^a   Kempf, Marie ^b,c   Lefrancq, Bernadette ^a   Pradelle, Marie Therese ^a   Raymond, Francoise ^d   Joly Guillou, Marie Laure ^a,b,c   Brunel, Patrick P ^a  

^a ANJELIN Network   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d Regional Coordination of Infection Control in Pays de la Loire (ARLIN)   (France)

Author keywords

glove wearing indications; Hand cleansing; practice improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC WARD; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REHABILITATION CENTER; WARD;

CROSS INFECTION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 80052005709     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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