Hand hygiene and patient care: pursuing the Semmelweis legacy
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 1, 9-20
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(09)70295-6
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