Adherence to hand hygiene guidelines - significance of measuring fidelity

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 21-22, 2015, Pages 3197-3205

  Korhonen, Anne ^a   Ojanperä, Helena ^b   Puhto, Teija ^b   Järvinen, Raija ^b   Kejonen, Pirjo ^b   Holopainen, Arja ^a  

^a Nursing Research Foundation   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compliance evaluation; Fidelity measures; Hand hygiene; Healthcare staff; Observation study

Indexed keywords

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINLAND; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84943658358     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12969     Document Type: Article

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