Determinants of hand hygiene noncompliance in intensive care units

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-135

  Alsubaie, Sarah ^a   Maither, Abdallah Bin ^a   Alalmaei, Waddah ^a   Al Shammari, Ayshah D ^a   Tashkandi, Mariam ^a   Somily, Ali M ^a   Alaska, Abdulkareem ^a   Binsaeed, Abdulaziz A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene; Infection control; Intensive care unit; Noncompliance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONCOMPLIANCE; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; SAUDI ARABIA; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84873094718     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.02.035     Document Type: Article

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