Hand hygiene and anesthesiology

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-92

  Silvia Munoz Price, L ^a   Birnbach, David J ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLOROXYLENOL; FRAGRANCE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; IODOPHOR; PROPANOL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SOAP; TRICLOSAN; WATER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BODY FLUID; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; JEWELRY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SKIN IRRITATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYGIENE;

EID: 84872335766     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: 15371913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AIA.0b013e31826f2db6     Document Type: Article

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