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Do Patients Feel Comfortable Asking Healthcare Workers to Wash Their Hands?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andrew Ottum ,
Ajay K. Sethi ,
Elizabeth A. Jacobs ,
Sara Zerbel ,
Martha E. Gaines  and
Nasia Safdar
Andrew Ottum
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Ajay K. Sethi
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Elizabeth A. Jacobs
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Sara Zerbel
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
Martha E. Gaines
Affiliation:
Center for Patient Partnerships, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Nasia Safdar*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin Department of Infection Control, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
*
5221 MFCB, 1685 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 (ns2@medicine.wisc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 12 , December 2012 , pp. 1282 - 1284
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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