A hand hygiene intervention to decrease infections among children attending day care centers: Design of a cluster randomized controlled trial

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zomer, Tizza P ^a,b   Erasmus, Vicki ^b   Vlaar, Nico ^a   van Beeck, Ed F ^b   Tjon A Tsien, Aimée ^a   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a,b   Voeten, Hélène A C M ^a,b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SOAP;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COMMON COLD; DIARRHEA; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84878359102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-259     Document Type: Article

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