Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices
Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices
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London: Elsevier Ltd
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English
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London: Elsevier Ltd
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Hand cleansing is the primary action to reduce health-care-associated infection and cross-transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. Patient-to-patient transmission of pathogens via health-care workers' hands requires five sequential steps: (1) organisms are present on the patient's skin or have been shed onto fomites in the patient's immed...
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Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68908579
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68908579
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1473-3099
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1474-4457
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10.1016/S1473-3099(06)70600-4
