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Healthcare Worker Perception of Bare Below the Elbows: Readiness for Change?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

James Pellerin ,
Gonzalo Bearman ,
Jonathan Sorah ,
Kakotan Sanogo ,
Michael Stevens  and
Michael B. Edmond
James Pellerin*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Gonzalo Bearman
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia Division of Infectious Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Jonathan Sorah
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Kakotan Sanogo
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Michael Stevens
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia Division of Infectious Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Michael B. Edmond
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia Division of Infectious Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
*
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 1300 East Marshall Street, P.O. Box 980019, Richmond, VA 23298-0019 (jpelleri@mcvh-vcu.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , 01 June 2014 , pp. 740 - 742
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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