Hand hygiene – an underestimated issue in endoscopy?

U. Beilenhoff

doi:10.1055/s-0033-1344122

Endoscopy, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Endoscopy 2013; 45(06): 416-418
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1344122

Editorial

Hand hygiene – an underestimated issue in endoscopy?

U. Beilenhoff

Scientific Secretariat, European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates, Ulm, Germany

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