Hand hygiene and the novel coronavirus pandemic: the role of healthcare workers

Lotfinejad, Nasim; Peters, Alexandra; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2020.03.017

Scientific article

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English

Hand hygiene and the novel coronavirus pandemic: the role of healthcare workers

ContributorsLotfinejad, Nasim; Peters, Alexandra; Pittet, Didier

Published inJournal of Hospital Infection, vol. 105, no. 4, p. 776-777

Publication date2020

Keywords

COVID-19
Infection prevention and control
Hand hygiene
Nurses
Midwives
World health organization

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research group

Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation - Impact of using a device providing individual feedback on healthcare workers hand hygiene behaviour: a cluster randomized clinical trial [32003B_163262]

Citation (ISO format)

LOTFINEJAD, Nasim, PETERS, Alexandra, PITTET, Didier. Hand hygiene and the novel coronavirus pandemic: the role of healthcare workers. In: Journal of Hospital Infection, 2020, vol. 105, n° 4, p. 776–777. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.03.017

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Identifiers

PID : unige:144293
DOI : 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.03.017
PMID : 32201339

Commercial URLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7270549/

ISSN of the journal0195-6701

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