Behavior-Based Interventions to Improve Hand Hygiene Adherence among Intensive Care Unit Healthcare Workers in Thailand

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 517-521

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Eiamsitrakoon, Thanee ^a   Mundy, Linda M ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HAND SANITIZER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SELF REPORT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THAILAND; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF HEALTH BEHAVIORAL CHANGE; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MANPOWER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HAND SANITIZERS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984871067     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.1     Document Type: Article

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