Provision and consumption of alcohol-based hand rubs in European hospitals

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1047-1051

  Hansen, S ^a,b   Schwab, F ^a   Gastmeier, P ^a,b   Pittet, D ^b   Zingg, W ^b   Sax, H ^b   Grundmann, H ^b   van Benthem, B ^b   van der Kooi, T ^b   Dettenkofer, M ^b   Martin, M ^b   Richet, H ^b   Szilagyi E ^b   Kozpont O E ^b   Heczko, P B ^b   Holmes, A ^b   Kyratsis, Y ^b   Ahmad, R ^b   Allegranzi, B ^b   Magiorakos, A ^b   Cookson, B ^b   Wu, A W ^b   more..

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Europe; HAI prevention; Hand hygiene; Hand rub consumption; Hospital

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BASED HAND RUB; HAND SANITIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

EUROPEAN; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL WARD; CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND SANITIZERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84951304169     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.09.019     Document Type: Review

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