Reducing hospital-acquired infection rate using the Six Sigma DMAIC approach
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عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1658-631X
DOI: 10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_98_16