Impact of health campaign on hand hygiene with alcohol-based hand rubs in a non-clinical setting

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Hubner N O ^a   Hubner C ^b   Kramer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol based hand disinfectants; Communicable disease; Hand hygiene; Hand hygiene compliance; Hand rub; Public health

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISINFECTION; EMPLOYEE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLS; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875533330     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(13)60006-7     Document Type: Article

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