Communication interventions to improve adherence to infection control precautions: A randomised crossover trial

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ong, Mei Sing ^a   Magrabi, Farah ^a   Post, Jeffrey ^b,c   Morris, Sarah ^b   Westbrook, Johanna ^a   Wobcke, Wayne ^a   Calcroft, Ross ^d   Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84873272252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-72     Document Type: Article

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