"Priming" hand hygiene compliance in clinical environments

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 96-101

  King, Dominic ^a   Vlaev, Ivo ^b   Everett Thomas, Ruth ^c   Fitzpatrick, Maureen ^c   Darzi, Ara ^a   Birnbach, David J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Hand hygiene; Nudge; Priming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; ODOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL PRIMING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; UNITED STATES; VISUAL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FLORIDA; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 84952862245     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000239     Document Type: Article

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