Four multifaceted countrywide campaigns to promote hand hygiene in Belgian hospitals between 2005 and 2011: Impact on compliance to hand hygiene

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Costers, M ^a   Viseur, N ^b   Catry, B ^b   Simon, A ^c  

^a Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordinating Committee   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WARD;

EID: 84862858565     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.17.18.20161-en     Document Type: Article

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