Assessing the optimal location for alcohol-based hand rub dispensers in a patient room in an intensive care unit

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boog, Matthijs C ^a   Erasmus, Vicki ^a   de Graaf, Jitske M ^a   van Beeck, Elise A H E ^a   Melles, Marijke ^b   van Beeck, Ed F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol based hand rub dispensers; Hand hygiene; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL-BASED HAND RUB DISPENSER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORAX SURGERY; WORKFLOW; DEVICES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ALCOHOLS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENTS' ROOMS;

EID: 84886734113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-510     Document Type: Article

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