Replace Hand Washing with Use of a Waterless Alcohol Hand Rub?
Open Access
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (1) , 136-143
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313888
Abstract
Hand hygiene is one of the basic components of any infection control program and is frequently considered synonymous with hand washing. However, healKeywords
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