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Patients and Visitors: What you need to know about hand hygiene

Publication no.	DOH - 7680
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	A guide to the importance of hand hygiene for patients, visitors and staff in hospitals. Includes information on good hand hygiene and how to use alcohol-based hand rubs or soap and water to clean hands thoroughly.
Subject	General Health
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), Dinka (pdf), English (pdf), Farsi (pdf), Filipino (pdf), Greek (pdf), Hindi (pdf), Indonesian (pdf), Italian (pdf), Japanese (pdf), Khmer (pdf), Korean (pdf), Kurdish (pdf), Macedonian (pdf), Portuguese (pdf), Russian (pdf), Serbian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Tamil (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)