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J M Garrido-Molina1, V V Márquez-Hernández2, A Alcayde-García3

  • 1Protección Civil de la Diputación de Almería, Ctra. de Ronda, 216, 04009, Almería, Spain.

The Journal of Hospital Infection
|September 19, 2020
PubMed
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Keywords:
COVID-19Coronavirus disease 2019DisinfectionGlovesHand disinfectant solutionSARS-CoV-2

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