Local production of WHO-recommended alcohol-based handrubs: feasibility, advantages, barriers and costs

Bauer-Savage, Joanna; Pittet, Didier; Kim, Eunmi; Allegranzi, Benedetta

doi:10.2471/BLT.12.117085

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Local production of WHO-recommended alcohol-based handrubs: feasibility, advantages, barriers and costs

ContributorsBauer-Savage, Joanna; Pittet, Didier; Kim, Eunmi; Allegranzi, Benedetta

Published inBulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 91, no. 12, p. 963-969

Publication date2013

Abstract

Reduction of health-care-associated infections in low- and middle-income countries is hampered by inadequate supplies of soap and water and the lack or high cost of alcohol-based handrubs (ABHs).

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Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)

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BAUER-SAVAGE, Joanna et al. Local production of WHO-recommended alcohol-based handrubs: feasibility, advantages, barriers and costs. In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013, vol. 91, n° 12, p. 963–969. doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.117085

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PID : unige:39907
DOI : 10.2471/BLT.12.117085
PMID : 24347736

Journal ISSN0042-9686

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Local production of WHO-recommended alcohol-based handrubs: feasibility, advantages, barriers and costs

Reduction of health-care-associated infections in low- and middle-income countries is hampered by inadequate supplies of soap and water and the lack or high cost of alcohol-based handrubs (ABHs).

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