A comparative study of hand hygiene and alcohol-based hand rub use among Irish nursing and medical students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 63, Issue , 2018, Pages 112-118

  Kingston, Liz M ^a   O'Connell, Nuala H ^b   Dunne, Colum 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; Infection prevention and control; IRELAND; Medical students; Nursing students; Practice; Self report

Indexed keywords

TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85041734211     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.01.022     Document Type: Article

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