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Commentary: Reexamining Methods and Messaging for Hand Hygiene in the Era of Increasing Clostridium difficile Colonization and Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Katherine Ellingson  and
Clifford McDonald
Katherine Ellingson*
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Clifford McDonald
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Div of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS A-31, Atlanta, GA 30333, (kellingson@cdc.gov)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , June 2010 , pp. 571 - 573
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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