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Effectiveness of Alcohol-Based Hand Hygiene Gels in Reducing Nosocomial Infection Rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andreas F. Widmer  and
Manfred Rotter
Andreas F. Widmer*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology, University of Basel Hospitals, Basel, Switzerland
Manfred Rotter
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
*
University of Basel, Basel, BS 4031, Switzerland (awidmer@uhbs.ch)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , pp. 576
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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