Hand hygiene in the emergency department: Degree of compliance, predictors and change over time;Higiene de manos en urgencias: Grado de cumplimiento, determinantes y su evolución en el tiempo

Emergencias

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-112

  Sánchez Payá, José ^a   Hernández García, Ignacio ^b   Camargo Ángeles, Robert ^a   Villanueva Ruiz, César Osvaldo ^a   Martín Ruiz, Ana Carolina ^a   Román, Francisco ^a   García Shimizu, Patricia ^a   Llorens, Pere ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Salamanca   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compliance; Emergency health services; Hand hygiene; Predictors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859145860     PISSN: 11376821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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