Patient safety alliance to tackle hand washing worldwide.

Nellie Bristol

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Patient safety alliance to tackle hand washing worldwide.

October 5, 2005

Bristol N. Lancet (London, England). 2005;366(9490):973-4.

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This article introduces the leadership and goals of the World Health Organization's World Alliance for Patient Safety. Susan Sheridan, Liam Donaldson, and Donald Berwick are quoted in the piece.

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