Skin Hygiene and Infection Prevention: More of the Same or Different Approaches?
Open Access
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 29 (5) , 1287-1294
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313468
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to review research indicating a link between hand hygiene and nosocomial infections and the effects of hand care practKeywords
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