An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections.

Chantal Backman; Dick E. Zoutman; Patricia Beryl Marck

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An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections.

July 23, 2008

Backman C, Zoutman DE, Marck PB. Am J Infect Control. 2008;36(5):333-48.

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This review analyzed the literature on hand hygiene interventions and whether such practices reduce health care–associated infections.

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