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01-02-2004 | Poster presentation

Hand washing compliance in the intensive care unit

Authors: I Qushmaq, M Meade

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2004

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Nosocomial infections constitute a major problem and challenge in the critical care area. Compliance is a variable and estimated to be less than 50%. In a study by Petite and colleagues, the compliance varied from 10% before patient care to 22% after patient care. …

Title: Hand washing compliance in the intensive care unit
Authors: I Qushmaq
M Meade
Publication date: 01-02-2004
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2682

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