Implementation of the world health organization hand hygiene improvement strategy in critical care units

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mazi, Waleed ^a   Senok, Abiola C ^b   Al Kahldy, Sameera ^a   Abdullah, Diaa ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Critical care; Hand hygiene; Infection control; WHO strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BURN UNIT; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEADERSHIP; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TEAMWORK; TOUCH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84891810299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-2-15     Document Type: Article

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