Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene

Katherine Ellingson; Janet P. Haas; Allison E. Aiello; Linda Kusek; Lisa L. Maragakis; Russell N. Olmsted; Eli Perencevich; Philip M. Polgreen; Marin L. Schweizer; Polly Trexler; Margaret VanAmringe; Deborah S. Yokoe

doi:10.1086/677145

Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene

Katherine Ellingson, Janet P. Haas, Allison E. Aiello, Linda Kusek, Lisa L. Maragakis, Russell N. Olmsted, Eli Perencevich, Philip M. Polgreen, Marin L. Schweizer, Polly Trexler, Margaret VanAmringe, Deborah S. Yokoe

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	937-960
Number of pages	24
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	35
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/677145
State	Published - Aug 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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