Adherence with universal precautions after immediate, personalized performance feedback

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 967-971

  Luke, Molli M ^a   Alavosius, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; feedback; hand sanitizing; hand washing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADULT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 84860548126     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-967     Document Type: Article

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