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Electronic Monitoring of Individual Healthcare Workers’ Hand Hygiene Event Rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Matthew P. Muller ,
Alexander I. Levchenko ,
Stanley Ing ,
Steven M. Pong  and
Geoff R. Fernie
Matthew P. Muller*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alexander I. Levchenko
Affiliation:
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stanley Ing
Affiliation:
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steven M. Pong
Affiliation:
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Geoff R. Fernie
Affiliation:
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
30 Bond Street, Room 4-179, Cardinal Carter Wing North, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada (mullerm@smh.ca).
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 9 , 01 September 2014 , pp. 1189 - 1192
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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