Abstract:
:The extent to which the use of alcohol-based handrub for hand hygiene has been adopted by US hospitals is unknown. A survey of infection control coordinators (response rate, 516 [72%] of 719) revealed that most hospitals (436 [84%] of 516) have adopted alcohol-based handrub. Leadership support and staff receptivity play a significant role in its adoption.
journal_name
Infect Control Hosp Epidemioljournal_title
Infection control and hospital epidemiologyauthors
Mody L,Saint S,Kaufman SR,Kowalski C,Krein SLdoi
10.1086/592095subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-12-01 00:00:00pages
1177-80issue
12eissn
0899-823Xissn
1559-6834pii
S0195941700049456journal_volume
29pub_type
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journal_title:Infection control and hospital epidemiology
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更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1017/ice.2017.41
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1086/501715
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection control and hospital epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1086/605321
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection control and hospital epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/ice.2019.16
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1086/504937
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection control and hospital epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/ice.2016.298
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1086/592983
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1086/646261
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1086/646420
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1086/506403
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-07-03 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1086/645922
更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1086/501692
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00