Alcohol-based rubs for hand antisepsis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 585-586

  Pittet, Didier ^a   Dharan, Sasi ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENVIRONMENT; HAND; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; LABORATORY; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPILLAGE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ALCOHOLS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 52049085794     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70208-1     Document Type: Letter

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