Workload even affects hand hygiene in a highly trained and well-staffed setting: a prospective 365/7/24 observational study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 11-16

  Scheithauer, S ^a,b   Batzer, B ^b   Dangel, M ^b   Passweg, J ^b   Widmer, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross transmission; Hand disinfection; Hospital acquired infection; Quality management; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; NURSE; PROCEDURES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SWITZERLAND; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85017389329     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.02.013     Document Type: Article

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