Hand hygiene of medical students and resident physicians: Predictors of attitudes and behaviour

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1091, 2016, Pages 497-500

  Barroso, Violeta ^a   Caceres, Wendy ^b   Loftus, Pooja ^b   Evans, Kambria H ^b   Shieh, Lisa ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EDUCATION TRAINING (see Medical Education Training)

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMFORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY; ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027955767     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133509     Document Type: Article

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