Linking scientific evidence and decision making: A case study of hand hygiene interventions

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 424-429

  Graves, Nicholas ^a   Halton, Kate ^a   Page, Katie ^a   Barnett, Adrian ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 84874819453     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669862     Document Type: Article

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