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Report of the WHO/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Consultation. The Consultation was organized back-to-back with the first annual meeting of the International Coordinating Group ... more
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Practical Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Facilities

Manju Vatsa, Duangvadee Sungkhobol, Sudarshan Kumari, et al. WHO Western Pacific, Manila, and WHO South-East Asia, New Delhi (2004) C_WHO
An infection control programme puts together various practices which when used appropriately restrict the spread of infection
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