منابع مشابه
Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care.
Healthcare-associated infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Hand hygiene is regarded as the most effective method of prevention but is poorly performed by health workers. We report a systematic review identifying studies which investigated the effectiveness of interventions to increase hand hygiene compliance short and longer term and to determine their success in terms of hand...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dental Health, Oral Disorders & Therapy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2373-4345
DOI: 10.15406/jdhodt.2017.08.00287