Hand hygiene in pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit patients: Daily opportunities and indication- and profession-specific analyses of compliance

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 732-737

  Scheithauer, Simone ^a   Oude Aost, Jan ^a   Heimann, Konrad ^a   Haefner, Helga ^a   Schwanz, Thomas ^a   Waitschies, Birgit ^a   Kampf, Günter ^b   Orlikowsky, Thorsten ^a   Lemmen, Sebastian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

hand hygiene; Infection control; intensive care unit; neonatology; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DISINFECTANTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80055097096     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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