"The dirty hand in the latex glove": A study of hand hygiene compliance when gloves are worn

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1194-1199

  Fuller, Christopher ^a   Savage, Joanne ^a   Besser, Sarah ^b   Hayward, Andrew ^a   Cookson, Barry ^c   Cooper, Ben ^d   Stone, Sheldon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GLOVE; HAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SKIN CARE; WALES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80955145053     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662619     Document Type: Article

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