Assessment of the appropriateness of hand surface coverage for health care workers according to World Health Organization hand hygiene guidelines

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 559-561

  Park, Hee Youn ^a   Kim, Sun Kyung ^a   Lim, Young Ju ^a   Kwak, Sun Hee ^a   Hong, Min Jee ^a   Mun, Hyang Mi ^a   Park, So Yeon ^a   Kim, Hyeon Jeong ^a   Choi, Hye Ran ^b   Jeong, Jae Sim ^b   Kim, Mi Na ^b   Choi, Sang Ho ^a,b  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appropriate hand surface coverage; Hand hygiene; Hand hygiene assessment; Hand surface coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND SURFACE COVERAGE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84899650402     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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