Selfishness among healthcare workers and nosocomial infections: a causal relationship?
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Selfishness among healthcare workers and nosocomial infections: a causal relationship?
Hand hygiene remains the single most important measure that can be undertaken by healthcare workers to prevent nosocomial infections. It has been 167 years since the pioneering study by Semmelweiss proved it effective1, and with the recent spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria in hospitals, hand hygiene is now more important than ever2. Despite being simple, effective, safe, and cheap, the wor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0191-2014