Assessment of nurses’ knowledge of nosocomial infections transmitted through contact (original) (raw)
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Knowledge, habits and attitudes of health care workers about hand hygiene.pdf
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Atención Primaria, 2014
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The Medical journal of Basrah University, 2019
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Open Journal of Nursing, 2016
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https://ijshr.com/IJSHR\_Vol.6\_Issue.4\_Oct2021/IJSHR-Abstract.044.html, 2021
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IP innovative publication pvt. ltd, 2019
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Maedica, 2020
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