Video observation to map hand contact and bacterial transmission in operating rooms

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 698-701

  Rowlands, John ^a   Yeager, Mark P ^a   Beach, Michael ^a   Patel, Hetal M ^a   Huysman, Bridget C ^a   Loftus, Randy W ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment contamination; Hand hygiene; Health care associated infection

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OPERATING ROOM; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TOUCH; VIDEORECORDING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANESTHESIA; BACTERIA; DEVICES; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANESTHESIA; BACTERIA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOMS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84903181111     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.02.021     Document Type: Article

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