Variability in hand hygiene practices among internal medicine interns

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1107-1108

  Block, Lauren ^a   Habicht, Robert ^b   Oluyadi, Fareedat O ^c   Wu, Albert W ^d,e   Desai, Sanjay V ^d   Niessen, Timothy ^d   Silva, Kathryn Novello ^b   Oliver, Nora ^f   Feldman, Leonard ^d  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate medical education; Patient safety; Prevention; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING;

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION; QUALITY OF CARE;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84887001553     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.303     Document Type: Article

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