Clean Care is Safer Care: A worldwide priority

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9493, 2005, Pages 1246-1247

  Pittet, Didier ^a,b   Donaldson, Liam ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INVESTMENT; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 26244468526     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67506-X     Document Type: Note

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