Face touching: A frequent habit that has implications for hand hygiene

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 112-114

  Kwok, Yen Lee Angela ^a   Gralton, Jan ^a   McLaws, Mary Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Face touching; Hand hygiene compliance; Medical students; Self inoculation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE TOUCHING; HABIT; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUCOSA; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIDEORECORDING; FACE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

FACE; HABITS; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84921775086     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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