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Guideline
. 2009 Jul;30(7):611-22.
doi: 10.1086/600379.

The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and their consensus recommendations

Didier Pittet  1 , Benedetta Allegranzi, John Boyce; World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety First Global Patient Safety Challenge Core Group of Experts
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The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and their consensus recommendations

Didier Pittet et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jul.
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Abstract

The World Health Organization's Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care have been issued by WHO Patient Safety on 5 May 2009 on the occasion of the launch of the Save Lives: Clean Your Hands initiative. The Guidelines represent the contribution of more than 100 international experts and provide a comprehensive overview of essential aspects of hand hygiene in health care, evidence- and consensus-based recommendations, and lessons learned from testing their Advanced Draft and related implementation tools.

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