Beliefs about hand hygiene: A survey in medical students in their first clinical year

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 885-888

  Graf, Karolin ^a   Chaberny, Iris F ^a   Vonberg, Ralf Peter ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compliance; hand disinfection; indication; knowledge; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 82655171819     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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