Attitudes and practices of Irish hospital-based physicians towards hand hygiene and hand rubbing using alcohol-based hand rub: a comparison between 2007 and 2015

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 17-25

  Kingston, L M ^a   Slevin, B L ^b   O'Connell, N H ^b,c   Dunne, C P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alcohol based hand rub; Attitudes; Hand hygiene; Hand rubbing; Hospital based physicians; Medical doctors; Patient safety; Practices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND RUBBING; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRELAND; IRISH (CITIZEN); PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAFETY PROCEDURE; SELF REPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ALCOHOLS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISINFECTANTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRELAND; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85021087314     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.05.010     Document Type: Article

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