Compliance of Health Care Workers with Hand Hygiene Practices: Independent Advantages of Overt and Covert Observers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pan, Sung Ching ^a   Tien, Kuei Lien ^a   Hung, I Chen ^a   Lin, Yu Jiun ^a   Sheng, Wang Huei ^a   Wang, Ming Jiuh ^a   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a,b   Kunin, Calvin M ^c,d   Chen, Yee Chun ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEEDBACK; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; NURSES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84872286338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053746     Document Type: Article

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