Quality-improvement initiative sustains improvement in pediatric health care worker hand hygiene

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Linam, W Matthew ^a   Margolis, Peter A ^b   Atherton, Harry ^b   Connelly, Beverly L ^b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene; Health care worker; Multimodal intervention; Pediatric; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND HYGIENE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYGIENE; INTERVENTION STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LEADERSHIP; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 80052375593     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3587     Document Type: Article

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