Hand hygiene practices of home visiting community nurses: Perceptions, compliance, techniques, and contextual factors of practice using the world health organization's "five moments for hand hygiene"

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 152-160

  Felembam, Ohood ^a,b   John, Winsome St ^c   Shaban, Ramon Z ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858216992     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e318246d5f4     Document Type: Article

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