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WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge: Saving Lives in Healthcare Through Clean Hands

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  1. Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 4 Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland

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  2. Lead, First Global Patient Safety Challenge, WHO Patient Safety, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

    D. Pittet

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Pittet, D. WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge: Saving Lives in Healthcare Through Clean Hands. Infection 38, 79–80 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-010-3089-y

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