Systematic qualitative literature review of health care workers' compliance with hand hygiene guidelines

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 269-274

  Smiddy, Maura P ^a   O'Connell, Rhona ^b   Creedon, Sile A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Compliance; Guidelines; Hand hygiene; Qualitative; Systematic review; Theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMPOWERMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CROSS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84923594787     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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