Development of a theory-based instrument to identify barriers and levers to best hand hygiene practice among healthcare practitioners

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dyson, Judith ^a   Lawton, Rebecca ^b,c   Jackson, Cath ^d   Cheater, Francine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers and levers; Compliance; Evidence based practice; Hand hygiene; Implementation; Instrument; Psychological theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84884367431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-111     Document Type: Article

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