Impact of sink location on hand hygiene compliance for Clostridium difficile infection

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 387-389

  Zellmer, Caroline ^a   Blakney, Rebekah ^a   Van Hoof, Sarah ^a   Safdar, Nasia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile infection; Sink location

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SINK; STUDENT T TEST; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84933280527     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.12.016     Document Type: Article

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