Acceptability and necessity of training for optimal personal protective equipment use

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 226-229

  Doll, Michelle ^a   Feldman, Moshe ^b   Hartigan, Sarah ^a,b   Sanogo, Kakotan ^a   Stevens, Michael ^a,b   Mcreynolds, Myriah ^a   Masroor, Nadia ^a   Cooper, Kaila ^a   Bearman, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; TRAINING; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85009851989     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.252     Document Type: Article

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