Hand sanitizer alert [8]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 527-529

  Reynolds, Scott A ^a   Levy, Foster ^b   Walker, Elaine S ^a,b  

^a James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HAND SANITIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33644549675     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050955     Document Type: Letter

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