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Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Narrative Overview

Mainul Haque1 Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (National Defence University of Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur57000, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Judy McKimm2 Medical Education, Swansea University School of Medicine, Grove Building, Swansea University, Swansea, WalesSA2 8PP, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8949-5067View further author information
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Massimo Sartelli3 Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3202-7542View further author information
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Sameer Dhingra4 School of Pharmacy, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Uriah Butler Highway, Trinidad & Tobago, West IndiesORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2537-8889View further author information
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Francesco M Labricciosa5 Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery, Vila Nova de Gaia, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9130-4891View further author information
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Salequl Islam6 Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka1342, BangladeshORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6131-4132View further author information
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Dilshad Jahan7 Department of Hematology, Asgar Ali Hospital, Dhaka1204, BangladeshORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3939-9093View further author information
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Tanzina Nusrat8 Department of Microbiology, Chittagong Medical College, Chattogram4203, BangladeshORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9434-4661View further author information
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Tajkera Sultana Chowdhury9 Department of Urology, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, Dhaka1207, BangladeshORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9482-0031View further author information
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Federico Coccolini10 Department of General Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6364-4186View further author information
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Katia Iskandar11 School of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Beirut, LebanonORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5544-6681View further author information
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Fausto Catena12 Department of Emergency Surgery, Parma Maggiore Hospital, Parma, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5558-9965View further author information
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Jaykaran Charan13 Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4857-6725View further author information
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Pages 1765-1780 | Published online: 28 Sep 2020

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