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Hand Hygiene in the New Millennium: Drawing the Distinction Between Efficacy and Effectiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

L. Clifford McDonald
L. Clifford McDonald*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
*
1600 Clifton Road, MS A35, Atlanta, GA 30345
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , March 2003 , pp. 157 - 159
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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