Promotion of hand hygiene: Magic, hype, or scientific challenge?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 118-119

  Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036129931     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502019     Document Type: Editorial

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