Hand hygiene: Scientific evidence and common sense;Higiene de las manos: evidencia científica y sentido común

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 131, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2008, Pages 56-59

  Pi Sunyer Canellas T ^a,e   Banque Navarro M ^b   Freixas Sala, N ^c   Barcenilla Gaite, F ^d  

^a GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene; Hand washing; Nosocomial infection; Safety

Indexed keywords

HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HYGIENE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 68649106209     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(08)76462-5     Document Type: Article

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