An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  American Journal of Infection Control

• Publication date

  2008-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.08.007PMID 18538700
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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