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Acknowledgements: Brigitte Dréno acknowledges the writing support of Karl Patrick Göritz, SMWS-France. Conflicts of interest: none. Funding: this publication was supported by NAOS, Lyon France.
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Dréno, B. COVID-19 hand hygiene measures for health care workers. Eur J Dermatol 31, 418–420 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2021.4064
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