O043: Early adaptors of a hand hygiene control system
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Hand hygiene: Back to the basics of infection control
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2047-2994
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-2-s1-o43