Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in an accredited tertiary care hospital

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 689-693

  Chavali, Siddharth ^a   Menon, Varun ^b   Shukla, Urvi ^b  

^a MKCG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

5 moments; compliance; hand hygiene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OBSERVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STAFF; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84908673852     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.142179     Document Type: Article

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