Frequency of interactions and hand disinfections among anesthesiologists while providing anesthesia care in the operating room: Induction versus maintenance

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1056-1059

  Munoz Price, L Silvia ^a   Riley, Bobbie ^a   Banks, Shawn ^a   Eber, Scott ^a   Arheart, Kristopher ^a   Lubarsky, David A ^a   Birnbach, David J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA CARE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIME;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904389537     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677154     Document Type: Article

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