Hand hygiene deficiency citations in nursing homes

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-50

  Castle, Nicholas ^a   Wagner, Laura ^b   Ferguson, Jamie ^a   Handler, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citations; infection control; nursing homes (NHs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING HOME; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRACTICAL NURSE; REGISTERED NURSE; RESIDENT; CERTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892702516     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464812449903     Document Type: Article

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