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Introduction of a Waterless Hand Gel Was Associated With a Reduced Rate of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lisa G. Winston ,
Sue C. Felt ,
Wei-Hsiang Huang  and
Henry F. Chambers III
Lisa G. Winston
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco, California
Sue C. Felt
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco, California
Wei-Hsiang Huang
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco, California
Henry F. Chambers III
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco, California
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 12 , December 2004 , pp. 1015 - 1016
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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