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Hand hygiene and patient care: pursuing the Semmelweis legacy
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Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene
Pittet, D., Hugonnet, S., Harbarth, S., Mourouga, P., Sauvan, V., Touveneau, S., & Perneger, T. V. (2000) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02814-2 · Cited by 2,524
Self-citationHospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Mayhall, C. G. (2011) · Cited by 1,179
Compliance with Handwashing in a Teaching Hospital
Pittet, D., Mourouga, P., Perneger, T. V., & Program, A. T. M. O. T. I. C. (1999) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-130-2-199901190-00006 · Cited by 996
Self-citationAPIC guidelines for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings
Larson, E. L. (1995) · American Journal of Infection Control · doi:10.1016/0196-6553(95)90070-5 · Cited by 771
Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Cohen, S. H. (1996) · Clinical Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1093/clinids/23.5.1199 · Cited by 755
Bacterial Contamination of the Hands of Hospital Staff During Routine Patient Care
Pittet, D., Dharan, S., Touveneau, S., Sauvan, V., & Perneger, T. V. (1999) · Archives of Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/archinte.159.8.821 · Cited by 534
Self-citationImproving Compliance With Hand Hygiene in Hospitals
Pittet, D. (2000) · Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology · doi:10.1086/501777 · Cited by 521
Self-citationHand-Washing Patterns in Medical Intensive-Care Units
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Hands as route of transmission for Klebsiella species.
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Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings
Boyce, J. M., & Pittet, D. (2002) · American Journal of Infection Control · doi:10.1067/mic.2002.130391 · Cited by 2,120
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- Authors
- Pittet, D., & Boyce, J. M.
- Venue
- The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-04
- Volume
- 1
- Pages
- 9-20
- ISSN
- 1473-3099 (ISSN-L)
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- W2059996986
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- 323
- References
- 61
- FWCI
- 12.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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