Change for the better in hand hygiene at the University Medical Center Freiburg: It's in our hands!;Verbesserung der Handehygiene am Universitätsklinikum Freiburg: Wir Haben es in der Hand!

Hygiene + Medizin

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 50-53

  Conrad, Andreas ^a   Dettenkofer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colouring and perfume free; Compliance; Hand hygiene campaign; Individual bottles of hand rub; Short training sessions; Skin protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849086735     PISSN: 01723790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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