Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Gould, Dinah J ^a   Moralejo, Donna ^b   Drey, Nicholas ^c   Chudleigh, Jane H ^c   Taljaard, Monica ^d,e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 85007450593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005186.pub4     Document Type: Review

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