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Patients’ potential role in the transmission of health care-associated infections: Prevalence of contamination with bacterial pathogens and patient attitudes toward hand hygiene

Nancy Istenes, J S Bingham, Susan Hazelett, Eileen Fleming, Jane Kirk

American Journal of Infection Control · 2013 · 42 citations · 27 references

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Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings

John M. Boyce, Didier Pittet · American Journal of Infection Control · 2002 · 2.1K citations

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Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Association for Professionals in Infection Control/Infectious Diseases Society of America.

John M. Boyce, Didier Pittet · PubMed · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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The Direct medical costs of healthcare-associated infections in U.S. hospitals and the benefits of prevention

R. Douglas Scott · 2009 · 765 citations

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Bacterial Contamination of the Hands of Hospital Staff During Routine Patient Care

Didier Pittet, Sasi Dharan, Sylvie Touveneau et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine · 1999 · 544 citations

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Use of sodium taurocholate to enhance spore recovery on a medium selective for Clostridium difficile

Kenneth H. Wilson, Michael J. Kennedy, F. Robert Fekety · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1982 · 315 citations · Full text

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