"The 3/3 Strategy": A Successful Multifaceted Hospital Wide Hand Hygiene Intervention Based on WHO and Continuous Quality Improvement Methodology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Mestre, Gabriel ^a   Berbel, Cristina ^a   Tortajada, Purificación ^a   Alarcia, Margarita ^a   Coca, Roser ^a   Gallemi, Gema ^a   Garcia, Irene ^a   Fernández, Mari Mar ^a   Aguilar, Mari Carmen ^a   Martínez, José Antonio ^b   Rodríguez Baño, Jesús ^c  

^a Delfos Medical Center   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL HAND RUB; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROCESS CONTROL; REGISTER; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84867708997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047200     Document Type: Article

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