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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2019 Background Poor hand hygiene compliance is one in all the leading contributory factors to healthcare-associated infections. This is an important source of complications across the continuum of care and poses a serious threat to people admitted to ...
Garedew Tadege Engdaw +2 more
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Consumers' Intention to Use Circular Business Models: A Configurational Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular business models (CBMs) integrate ecological sustainability and resource efficiency into core business strategies, but their success depends on consumers' intention to use. Grounded in expectancy–value theory, this study investigates how product‐related factors (perceived usefulness, convenience, value for money, and performance risk ...
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Patient's Safety in Your Hands [PDF]
Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2013 Hand hygiene is a general term describing any hand cleansing (and care) action. Hand cleansing with soap and water has been the primary measure of personal hygiene for centuries. In the 20th century, many studies revealed the important role of healthcare
Habip GEDİK +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition toward circular fashion is widely promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, yet consumer resistance continues to hinder the adoption of circular business models across resale, rental, repair, and remaking. Existing research identifies numerous consumer barriers, but insights remain fragmented, model‐specific, and largely
Sophie Rasfeld
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Scientific ReportsProper hand hygiene reduces the risk of hygiene-related diseases among children under five years of age; however, poor hand hygiene practices remain common in many communities.
Jascenti Nawanga +9 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare EpidemiologyBackground: Proper hand hygiene is the most important practice to reduce the transmission of infections in healthcare settings. Despite this, healthcare institutions continue to struggle to achieve and maintain high rates of hand hygiene compliance among
Kevin Gibas +5 more
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Leading the Loop: Anchor‐Led Orchestration in Nascent Circular Ecosystems—A Qualitative Case Study
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition towards a circular economy necessitates coordinated, systemic change across value chains. Yet the role of anchor firms in initiating and orchestrating nascent circular ecosystems remains underexplored. Using an inductive, qualitative single‐case design, we analyse a German mid‐sized entrepreneurial firm, drawing on 21 interviews
Johann Felix Mader, Patrick Spieth
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Little is known about consumer preferences for combinations of circular business model patterns, despite their potential to benefit the design of product services. This study examines consumer preferences for product‐as‐a‐service offers, combined with circular product attributes, across Sweden and the Netherlands.
Steven Sarasini +5 more
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Фундаментальная и клиническая медицина, 2018 Hand hygiene is an essential element to reduce the transmission of nosocomial pathogens in healthcare facilities. The WHO has launched a global campaign on hand hygiene with the aim to reduce healthcare-associated infections.
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