Comparative efficacy of interventions to promote hand hygiene in hospital: Systematic review and network meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Luangasanatip, Nantasit ^a,b   Hongsuwan, Maliwan ^a   Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^a   Lubell, Yoel ^a,c   Lee, Andie S ^d,e   Harbarth, Stephan ^d   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,c   Graves, Nicholas ^b   Cooper, Ben S ^a,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; MOTIVATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84941695188     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h3728     Document Type: Review

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