Misuse of gloves: the foundation for poor compliance with hand hygiene and potential for microbial transmission?
- 30 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 57 (2), 162-169
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2004.03.010
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