An international survey of bacterial contamination and householders' knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of hygiene

Journal of Infection Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 132-138

  Oxford, John ^a   Berezin, Eitan N ^b,c   Courvalin, Patrice ^d   Dwyer, Dominic ^e   Exner, Martin ^f   Jana, Laura A ^g   Kaku, Mitsuo ^h   Lee, Christopher ⁱ   Letlape, Kgosi ^j,k   Low, Donald E ^l   Madani, Tariq Ahmed ^m   Rubino, Joseph R ⁿ   Saini, Narendra ^o   Schoub, Barry D ^p,q   Signorelli, Carlo ^r,s   Tierno, Philip M ^t   Zhong, Xuhui ^u  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Infectious Diseases Society   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g Practical Parenting Consulting   (United States)

^h TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ Sungai Buloh Hospital   (Malaysia)

^j Africa Medical Association   (South Africa)

^k Tshepang Trust   (South Africa)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^m KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁿ RECKITT BENCKISER   (United Kingdom)

^o Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital   (India)

^p UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^s Preventive Medicine and Public Health   (Italy)

^t NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^u PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

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Author keywords

attitudes; bacteria; cleaning; cloths; coliforms; contamination; disinfectant; education; Escherichia coli; faucets; global; home; Household; hygiene; knowledge; multinational; perceptions; prospective; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; questionnaire; sponges; Staphylcoccus aureus; survey; taps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879274297     PISSN: 17571774     EISSN: 17571782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757177413483346     Document Type: Article

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