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Attitudes of Healthcare Workers and Patients Toward Individualized Hand Hygiene Reminders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kathleen G. Julian ,
Kavitha Subramanian ,
Arlene Brumbach  and
Cynthia J. Whitener
Kathleen G. Julian*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Kavitha Subramanian
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Arlene Brumbach
Affiliation:
Quality and Infection Control Services, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Cynthia J. Whitener
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Room C6833, BMR Building, Mailcode H036, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 (kjulian@psu.edu)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 8 , August 2008 , pp. 781 - 782
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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