Do physicians clean their hands? Insights from a covert observational study

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 862-864

  Kovacs Litman, Adam ^a   Wong, Kimberly ^a   Shojania, Kaveh G ^a,b   Callery, Sandra ^c   Vearncombe, Mary ^c   Leis, Jerome A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSES; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84994160310     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2632     Document Type: Article

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