Low compliance to handwashing program and high nosocomial infection in a Brazilian Hospital

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Borges, Lizandra Ferreira De Almeida E ^a   Rocha, Lilian Alves ^b   Nunes, Maria José ^b   Gontijo Filho, Paulo Pinto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SOAP; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WARD;

EID: 84863691645     PISSN: 1687708X     EISSN: 16877098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/579681     Document Type: Article

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