Hand hygiene compliance in an emergency department: The effect of crowding

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1218-1221

  Muller, Matthew P ^a,b   Carter, Eileen ^c   Siddiqui, Naureen ^a   Larson, Elaine ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Columbia University School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY WARD; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; WORKING TIME; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

CANADA; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84943448101     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12754     Document Type: Article

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