Hand hygiene and health-care-associated infections - Authors' reply

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 305-306

  Pittet, Didier ^a,b   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^b   Dharan, Sasi ^a,b   Sax, Hugo ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOTHING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34247156257     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70090-7     Document Type: Letter

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