The short-term and long-term effectiveness of a multidisciplinary hand hygiene improvement program

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 732-736

  Tromp, Mirjam ^a   Huis, Anita ^a   De Guchteneire, Inge ^a   Van Der Meer, Jos ^a   Van Achterberg, Theo ^a   Hulscher, Marlies ^a   Bleeker Rovers, Chantal ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compliance; Nurses; Physicians; Role models; Social influence; Team strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865769455     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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