A unified approach to infection control: hand hygiene as the entrance door
Didier Pittet A B C and Benedetta Allegranzi B
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A Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
B World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety, WHO Headquarters, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
C Corresponding author. Email: didier.pittet@hcuge.ch
Healthcare Infection 13(2) 25-28 https://doi.org/10.1071/HI08014
Published: 18 June 2008
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