Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a hand sanitizer dispenser on the frequency of hand hygiene among anesthesiology staff in the operating room

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 717-720

  Silvia Munoz Price, L ^a,b   Patel, Zalak ^a   Banks, Shawn ^a   Arheart, Kristopher ^a   Eber, Scott ^a   Lubarsky, David A ^a   Birnbach, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND SANITIZER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; STAFF TRAINING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICES; MEDICAL STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SANITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FLORIDA; HAND DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOMS; SANITATION;

EID: 84899865236     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676425     Document Type: Article

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