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Compliance with hand hygiene in emergency medical services: an international observational study
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare-associated infection caused by insufficient hygiene is associated with mortality, economic burden, and suffering for the patient. Emergency medical service (EMS) providers encounter many patients in different surroundings and are thus at risk of posing a source of microbial...
Autores principales: | Vikke, Heidi Storm, Vittinghus, Svend, Giebner, Matthias, Kolmos, Hans Jørn, Smith, Karen, Castrén, Maaret, Lindström, Veronica |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6580871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30692145 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-207872 |
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