Sustained improvement in hand hygiene at a children's hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 751-753

  Crews, Jonathan D ^a   Whaley, Elaine ^b   Syblik, Dorothy ^b   Starke, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; KNOWLEDGE; MARKETING; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84878756744     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671002     Document Type: Article

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