Improved hand hygiene compliance after eliminating mandatory glove use from contact precautions - Is less more?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 922-927

  Cusini, Alexia ^a   Nydegger, Doris ^a   Kaspar, Tanja ^a   Schweiger, Alexander ^a   Kuhn, Rolf ^a,b   Marschall, Jonas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contact precautions; Glove use; Hand hygiene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT PRECAUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MANDATORY PROGRAM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CROSS INFECTION; HAND DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; STANDARDS;

CROSS INFECTION; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS;

EID: 84941599902     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.019     Document Type: Article

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