Reply to: 'Hand hygiene: Are we trying to make the patient the fail safe system?'

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 380-381

  Longtin, Y ^a   Pittet, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HAND; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HYGIENE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 81055156847     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.07.011     Document Type: Letter

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