Preventing healthcare-associated infections through human factors engineering

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 353-358

  Jacob, Jesse T ^a   Herwaldt, Loreen A ^b   Durso, Francis T ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare associated infections; human factors engineering; human systems integration; infection prevention

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTAMINATION; EMOTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; WORKLOAD; CROSS INFECTION; ERGONOMICS; HYGIENE; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

CROSS INFECTION; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 85049849805     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000463     Document Type: Review

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