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Watching Them Wash: Description of a Hand Hygiene Observation Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael P. Stevens ,
John D. Hunter ,
Janis F. Ober ,
Gonzalo Bearman  and
Michael B. Edmond
Michael P. Stevens
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
John D. Hunter
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Janis F. Ober
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Gonzalo Bearman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Michael B. Edmond*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
*
1201 E Marshall St, PO Box 980019, Richmond, VA 23298-0019 (mstevens2@mcvh-vcu.edu)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , February 2010 , pp. 198 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

References

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