Reduction in nosocomial infection with improved hand hygiene in intensive care units of a tertiary care hospital in Argentina
- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 33 (7) , 392-397
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2004.08.009
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