Achieving Hand Hygiene Success With a Partnership Between Graduate Medical Education, Hospital Leadership, and Physicians

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 577-583

  Rosenbluth, Glenn ^a   Garritson, Susan ^b   Green, Adrienne L ^a   Milev, Dimiter ^a   Vidyarthi, Arpana R ^c,d   Auerbach, Andrew D ^a   Baron, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

hand hygiene; infection control; quality improvement; residents and fellows

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESIDENT; STAFF; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HAND WASHING; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84994304139     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860615596567     Document Type: Article

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