Improved hand hygiene compliance is associated with the change of perception toward hand hygiene among medical personnel

Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 165-171

  Lee, Seung Soon ^a   Park, Se Jeong ^a,b   Chung, Moon Joo ^a,b   Lee, Ju Hee ^a,b   Kang, Hyun Joo ^a,b   Lee, Jeong a ^a   Kim, Yong Kyun ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene; Health personnel; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84908043995     PISSN: 20932340     EISSN: 20926448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3947/ic.2014.46.3.165     Document Type: Article

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