Understanding Healthcare Workers Self-Reported Practices, Knowledge and Attitude about Hand Hygiene in a Medical Setting in Rural India.

Understanding Healthcare Workers Self-Reported Practices, Knowledge and Attitude about Hand Hygiene in a Medical Setting in Rural India.

AIM:To describe self-reported practices and assess knowledge and attitudes regarding hand hygiene among healthcare workers in a rural Indian teaching hospital. SETTING:A rural teaching hospital and its associated medical and nursing colleges in the district of Ujjain, India. METHOD:The study populat...

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Main Authors:	Vishal Diwan, Charlotte Gustafsson, Senia Rosales Klintz, Sudhir Chandra Joshi, Rita Joshi, Megha Sharma, Harshada Shah, Ashish Pathak, Ashok J Tamhankar, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5053486?pdf=render

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