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Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HIPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700068715