Differences in the compliance with hospital infection control practices during the 2009 influenza H1N1 pandemic in three countries

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-103

  Chor, J S Y ^a   Pada, S K ^b   Stephenson, I ^c   Goggins, W B ^a   Tambyah, P A ^b   Medina, M ^c   Lee, N ^a   Leung, T F ^a   Ngai, K L K ^a   Law, S K ^a   Rainer, T H ^a   Griffiths, S ^a   Chan, P K S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Infection control; Influenza; Pandemic; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SINGAPORE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84861665963     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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