Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection

• 1 Infection Management Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woollongabba, QLD 4120
• 2 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052.

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