Systematic review of the effectiveness of strategies to encourage patients to remind healthcare professionals about their hand hygiene

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 141-162

  Davis, R ^a   Parand, A ^a   Pinto, A ^a   Buetow, S ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene compliance; Hospital acquired infections; Patient involvement; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMBASE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING; WRITTEN COMMUNICATION; ETHICS; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; METHODS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REMINDER SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84925186405     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.11.010     Document Type: Review

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