Predictors of hand hygiene in the emergency department

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1120-1123

  Venkatesh, Arjun K ^a   Pallin, Daniel J ^a,b   Kayden, Stephanie ^a   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; GLOVE; HAND HYGIENE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYGIENE PRODUCT; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GLOVES, SURGICAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054868715     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662374     Document Type: Article

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