A hand hygiene intervention to reduce infections in child daycare: A randomized controlled trial

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2494-2502

  Zomer, T P ^a,b   Erasmus, V ^b   Looman, C W ^b   Tjon A Tsien, A ^a   Van Beeck, E F ^b   De Graaf, J M ^b   Van Beeck, A H E ^b   Richardus, J H ^a,b   Voeten, H A C M ^a,b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cold (common); gastroenteritis; hand hygiene; hygiene professional; infectious disease control

Indexed keywords

HAND SANITIZER; SOAP;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 84938423875     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881400329X     Document Type: Article

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