Hand Hygiene of Nurses and Patient Safety

doi:10.15344/2394-4978/2017/217

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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 4 (2017), Article ID 4:IJNCP-217, 1 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2017/217

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Hand Hygiene of Nurses and Patient Safety

Maria Malliarou

Nursing Department, Technological Institution of Thessaly, Terpsithea, Larisa, 41500, Greece

Corresponding Author Details: Dr. Maria Malliarou, Nursing Department, Technological Institution of Thessaly, Terpsithea, Larisa, 41500, Greece, Tel: +81-95-819-2359; E-mail: mmalliarou@gmail.com

Received: 05 January 2017; Accepted: 11 January 2017; Published: 13 January 2017

Citation: Malliarou M (2017) Hand Hygiene of Nurses and Patient Safety. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 4: 217. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2017/217

Copyright: © 2017 Malliarou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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