Searching for an optimal hand hygiene bundle: A meta-analysis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 248-259

  Schweizer, Marin L ^a,b,c   Reisinger, Heather Schacht ^a,b   Ohl, Michael ^a,b   Formanek, Michelle B ^a,c   Blevins, Amy ^d   Ward, Melissa A ^b   Perencevich, Eli N ^a,b  

^a Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle; Hand hygiene; Intervention; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BUNDLE; HAND HYGIENE; INTERVENTION; META-ANALYSIS;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES;

EID: 84891818959     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit670     Document Type: Article

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