Hernández-Orozco HG, Castañeda-Narváez JL, González-Saldaña N, Ascarrunz L

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 290-292
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ABSTRACT

To celebrate the World Day Hand Hygiene, the National Institute of Pediatrics (Instituto Nacional de Pediatría INP) participated in the observational study carried out worldwide by the World Health Organization for the measurement of compliance to hand hygiene at time 1 before patient care. The results were an attachment to hand hygiene of health worker of 54.4%.

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