Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on December 01, 2002

Authors

John M Boyce1, Didier Pittet, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Association for Professionals in Infection Control. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Hand Hygiene Task Force

Author Affiliations

1: Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Kent State University / Price Chopper Employee Wellness Study | NCT03454009

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