Effectiveness of a multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy in the emergency department

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1203-1207

  Arntz, P R H ^a   Hopman, J ^a   Nillesen, M ^a   Yalcin, E ^a   Bleeker Rovers, C P ^a   Voss, A ^a   Edwards, M ^a   Wei, A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alcohol based handrub; Emergency department; hand hygiene; multimodal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84965005856     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.017     Document Type: Article

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