Global implementation of WHO's multimodal strategy for improvement of hand hygiene: A quasi-experimental study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 843-851

  Allegranzi, Benedetta ^a   Gayet Ageron, Angèle ^b   Damani, Nizam ^c   Bengaly, Loséni ^d   McLaws, Mary Louise ^e   Moro, Maria Luisa ^f   Memish, Ziad ^g   Urroz, Orlando ^h   Richet, Hervé ⁱ   Storr, Julie ^j   Donaldson, Liam ^j   Pittet, Didier ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HÔPITAL GABRIEL TOURÉ   (Mali)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale   (Italy)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^h HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

ⁱ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COSTA RICA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL STATUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84884393755     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70163-4     Document Type: Article

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