The effect of hand hygiene compliance on hospital-acquired infections in an ICU setting in a Kuwaiti teaching hospital

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-34

  Salama, Mona F ^a,b   Jamal, Wafaa Y ^a,c   Mousa, Haifa Al ^d   Al AbdulGhani, Khaled A ^a   Rotimi, Vincent O ^a,c  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Compliance; Hand hygiene; Multidrug resistant organisms; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR; WORKPLACE;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KUWAIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871923915     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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