Hand hygiene mantra: teach, monitor, improve, and celebrate

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 335-337

  Pires, D ^a,b   Pittet, D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAND WASHING; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MONITORING; CROSS INFECTION; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 85016451108     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.03.009     Document Type: Editorial

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