Costing the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 141-148

  Page, K ^a   Barnett, A G ^a   Campbell, M ^a   Brain, D ^a   Martin, E ^a   Fulop, N ^b   Graves, N ^a,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costs; Economics; Hand hygiene; Infection control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL HAND HYGIENE INITIATIVE PROGRAM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALARY; AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84938503410     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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