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Fighting Infections with Hand Hygiene

1:49  |   Nov 10, 2008  |  Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Medical Informatics, Nurses/NP/PA, Public Health & Prevention
Two physicians from Seattle Children’s Hospital – Dr. Thomas Hansen, CEO, and Dr. Craig Rubens, Director of the Research Center for Microbial Pathogenesis – talk about their campaign to have patients actively challenge physicians and nurses when it comes to hand hygiene.

References and Resources
The American Society for Microbiology

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Foster KM, Clark AP. Increasing hand hygiene compliance: a mystery? Clin Nurse Spec. 2008 Nov-Dec;22(6):263-7.

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