Using Alcohol for Hand Antisepsis: Dispelling Old Myths
Open Access
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 21 (7) , 438-441
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501784
Abstract
Using Alcohol for Hand Antisepsis: Dispelling Old Myths - Volume 21 Issue 7 - John M. BoyceKeywords
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