Family caregivers in public tertiary care hospitals in Bangladesh: Risks and opportunities for infection control

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 305-310

  Islam, M Saiful ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a,b   Sultana, Rebeca ^a   Rimi, Nadia Ali ^a   Zaman, Rashid Uz ^a   Uddin, Main ^a   Nahar, Nazmun ^a   Rahman, Mahmudur ^c   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a   Gurley, Emily S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Caregiving practice; Hospital acquired infection; Qualitative research; Socio cultural

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

BANGLADESH; BODILY SECRETIONS; CAREGIVER; CLEANING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXCRETION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

CAREGIVING PRACTICE; HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIO-CULTURAL;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CAREGIVERS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84896736480     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.09.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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