Prospective, controlled, cross-over trial of alcohol-based hand gel in critical care units .

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on January 01, 2008

Authors

Mark E Rupp1, Teresa Fitzgerald, Susan Puumala, James R Anderson, Rita Craig, Peter C Iwen, Dawn Jourdan, Janet Keuchel, Nedra Marion, Delayne Peterson, Lee Sholtz, Valerie Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine ,University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA. merupp@unmc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

OR PathTrac (Tracking Intra-operative Bacterial Transmission) | NCT03605498

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