Efficacy of a new educational tool to improve handrubbing technique amongst healthcare workers: A controlled, before-after study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Stewardson, Andrew J ^a   Iten, Anne ^a   Camus, Véronique ^a   Gayet Ageron, Angèle ^a   Caulfield, Darren ^b   Lacey, Gerard ^b,c   Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Glanta Ltd   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907452239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105866     Document Type: Article

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