Hand hygiene compliance among health-care personnel in intensive care unit of a tertiary care super specialty institute

Introduction: Hospital-acquired infections complicate 7%–10% of hospital admissions. Patients in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are more likely to be colonized or infected. Most of these infections are spread by carriage of microorganisms on the health-care workers' (HCW) hands. Hand hygiene (...

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Main Authors: Manodeep Sen, Meenakshi Sharma, Anupam Das, Amit Kumar Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
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Online Access:http://www.mjdrdypv.org/article.asp?issn=2589-8302;year=2018;volume=11;issue=3;spage=210;epage=214;aulast=Sen