Changes in healthcare-associated infections after the introduction of a national hand hygiene initiative

Healthcare Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 128-134

  Barnett, Adrian G ^a   Page, Katie ^a   Campbell, Megan ^a   Brain, David ^a   Martin, Elizabeth ^a   Winters, Shirley ^a   Hall, Lisa ^a,b   Paterson, David ^b,c   Graves, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intervention; nosocomial.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 84918518991     PISSN: 18355617     EISSN: 18355625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HI14033     Document Type: Article

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