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Can We Expect Patients to Question Health Care Workers' Hand Hygiene Compliance?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Natalie Reid ,
Jason Moghaddas ,
Michael Loftus ,
Rhonda L. Stuart ,
Despina Kotsanas ,
Carmel Scott  and
Claire Dendle
Natalie Reid
Affiliation:
Southern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Jason Moghaddas
Affiliation:
Southern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Michael Loftus
Affiliation:
Southern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Rhonda L. Stuart
Affiliation:
Southern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Infectious Diseases Department, Southern Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Despina Kotsanas
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, Southern Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Carmel Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, Southern Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Claire Dendle*
Affiliation:
Southern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Infectious Diseases Department, Southern Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
*
Infectious Diseases Department, Southern Health, Department of Medicine, Monash University, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3168 (claire.dendle@monash.edu)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 5 , May 2012 , pp. 531 - 532
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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