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Wash Hands, Disinfect Hands, or Don't Touch? Which, When, and Why?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Allan Perceval
Allan Perceval*
Affiliation:
Department and Infectious Disease Unit, Alfred Hospital, Prahran Victoria, Australia
*
Microbiology Depatiment and Infectious Disease Unit, Alfred Hospital, Prahran Victoria 3181, Australia
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 273 - 275
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993

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