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Comment on: Johnson PDR, et al. Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. Med J Aust 2005; 183: 509-19

R Michael Whitby, Mary-Louise McLaws
Medical Journal of Australia 2006 March 6, 184 (5): 253-4; author reply 254
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