Is hand washing safe?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-304

  Das, A ^a   Mandal, L ^a   Chatterjee, S S ^a   Ray, P ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NURSE; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; HANDWASHING; HUMANS;

EID: 46049095235     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.03.007     Document Type: Letter

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