Can we expect patients to question health care workers' hand hygiene compliance?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 531-532

  Reid, Natalie ^a   Moghaddas, Jason ^a   Loftus, Michael ^a   Stuart, Rhonda L ^a,b   Kotsanas, Despina ^b   Scott, Carmel ^b   Dendle, Claire ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Southern Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HAND; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859353746     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665309     Document Type: Letter

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