Handwashing practices in an intensive care unit: the effects of an educational program and its relationship to infection rates.

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Published in Am J Infect Control on December 01, 1989

Authors

J M Conly1, S Hill, J Ross, J Lertzman, T J Louie

Author Affiliations

1: Infection Control Unit, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

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