Significance of Hand Hygiene in Clinical Practice and Literature Review
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 21, Issue 2
Abstract
Hand hygiene is an integral part of the health care system and is the single most important measure to reduce transmission of micro-organisms from one person to another or from one site to another on the same patient. Here we present a practice perspective of hand hygiene with literature review.
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Talib Khan, Ubaid Ahmad Sheikh, Sophia Tran, Shaqul Qamar Wani
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