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Comparison of Two Glove-Sampling Methods to Discriminate Between Study Arms of a Hand Hygiene and Glove-Use Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2018

Gwen L. Robinson ,
Linda Otieno ,
J. Kristie Johnson ,
Laura J. Rose ,
Anthony D. Harris ,
Judith Noble-Wang ,
Kerri A. Thom  and
for the CDC Epicenter Prevention Program
Gwen L. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Linda Otieno
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
J. Kristie Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Laura J. Rose
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Anthony D. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Judith Noble-Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Kerri A. Thom*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Address correspondence to Kerri A. Thom, MD, MS, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 W Baltimore Street, Bressler Research Building, M021B, Baltimore, MD 21201 (kthom@som.umaryland.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 7 , July 2018 , pp. 884 - 885
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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