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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 231-233Publisher
CENTER DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid0702.010216
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Factors other than antimicrobial activity of soaps and antiseptic agents used for hand hygiene by health personnel play a role in compliance with recommendations. Hand hygiene products differ considerably in acceptance by hospital personnel. If switching from a nonmedicated soap to an antiseptic agent or increased use of an existing antiseptic agent for hand hygiene prevented a few more infections per year, additional expenditures for antiseptic agents would be offset by cost savings.
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