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Why Don't Doctors and Nurses Wash Their Hands?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Peter Heseltine*
Affiliation:
Nichols Institute, San Juan Capistrano, California
*
Nichols Institute, 33608 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92690
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Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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