Anatomy of a successful multimodal hand hygiene campaign

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 973-975

  Stewardson, Andrew ^a   Pittet, Didier ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CROSS INFECTION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS INFECTION; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84871934588     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001452     Document Type: Editorial

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