The surgical hand disinfection between tradition and progress;Die chirurgische händedesinfektion zwischen tradition und fortschritt

Hygiene + Medizin

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 316-321

  Kampf, Günter ^a,b   Voss, Andreas ^c,d   Widmer, Andreas F ^e  

^a Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compliance; Duration of application; Efficacy; Surgical hand disinfection

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTISEPSIS; DISINFECTION; EUROPE; HAND WASHING; HYGIENE; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION;

EID: 33748655627     PISSN: 01723790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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