Improving hand hygiene compliance rates in the haemodialysis setting: More than just more hand rubs

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 766-770

  Scheithauer, Simone ^a   Eitner, Frank ^a   Mankartz, Jennifer ^a   Haefner, Helga ^a   Nowicki, Katharina ^a   Floege, Jürgen ^a   Lemmen, Sebastian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

compliance; haemodialysis; hand hygiene; health care associated infection; infection control; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HAND DISINFECTION; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84856908861     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr365     Document Type: Article

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