Handwashing compliance by health care workers: The impact of introducing an accessible, alcohol-based hand antiseptic.

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Archives of Internal Medicine

• Publication date

  2000-04-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1001/ARCHINTE.160.7.1017PMID 10761968
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