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|Slideshows|July 9, 2015
Slide Show: ICPIC 2015: Hand Hygiene Abstracts
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The International Consortium for Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC) held its biannual meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16-19, 2015. In this slide show, we present a selection of hand hygiene-related poster abstracts that were part of the supplement, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control: Abstracts from the 3rd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control, published online by the journal Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.
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