Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices
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- 1 October 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 6 (10), 641-652
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(06)70600-4
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