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Trial of Alcohol-Based Hand Gel in Critical Care Units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Leonard A. Mermel ,
John M. Boyce ,
Andreas Voss ,
Benedetta Allegranzi  and
Didier Pittet
Leonard A. Mermel
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
John M. Boyce
Affiliation:
Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut World Health Organization (WHO) World Alliance for Patient Safety First Global Patient Safety Challenge, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Andreas Voss
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands World Health Organization (WHO) World Alliance for Patient Safety First Global Patient Safety Challenge, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Benedetta Allegranzi
Affiliation:
World Health Organization (WHO) World Alliance for Patient Safety First Global Patient Safety Challenge, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Didier Pittet*
Affiliation:
World Health Organization (WHO) World Alliance for Patient Safety First Global Patient Safety Challenge, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
*
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 24 Rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 14 / Switzerland ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , pp. 577 - 579
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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