Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care institutions;Smjernice za higijenu ruku u zdravstvenim ustanovama

Lijecnicki Vjesnik

Volumn 133, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 155-170

  Kalenić, Smilja ^a   Budimir, Ana ^b   Bošnjak, Zrinka ^b   Acketa, Lorena ^c   Belina, Dražen ^b   Benko, Ivan ^d   Bošnjak, Danica ^e   Čulo, Marija ^f   Jajić, Ines ^c   Kiš, Marina ^c   Kos, Karmela ^c   Košćak, Darko ^g   Kuzman, Ilija ^f   Lekić, Dušica ^h   Prugovečki, Danijela ^c   Juraga, Ana Tomić ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^e University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^f Croatia   (Croatia)

^g Op a Bolnica Bjelovar   (Croatia)

^h Op a Bolnica Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

ⁱ Op a Bolnica Vara din   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cross infection microbiology, prevention and control; Disinfectants; Handwashing methods, standards; Health personnel; Practice guidelines as topic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 80051505733     PISSN: 00243477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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