Open AccessPatients’ Hand Washing and Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infection
Author(s) -
Stacy Haverstick,
Cara Goodrich,
Regi Freeman,
Shandra James,
Rajkiran Kullar,
Melissa Ahrens
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
critical care nurse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.342
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1940-8250
pISSN - 0279-5442
DOI - 10.4037/ccn2017694
Subject(s) - medicine , hand sanitizer , hygiene , infection control , hand washing , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , nursing , pathology
Hand hygiene is important to prevent hospital-acquired infections. Patients' hand hygiene is just as important as hospital workers' hand hygiene. Hospital-acquired infection rates remain a concern across health centers.
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