Effectiveness of multifaceted hand hygiene interventions in long-term care facilities in Hong Kong: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 761-767

  Ho, Mei lin ^a   Seto, Wing hong ^b   Wong, Lai chin ^a   Wong, Tin yau ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL BASED HANDRUB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HANDRUBBING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIFACETED HAND HYGIENE; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863749967     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666740     Document Type: Article

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