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What Is the Optimal Period for Measuring Hand Hygiene Compliance: Are Longer Periods Better than 20-Minute Periods?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sheldon Stone ,
Chris Fuller ,
Susan Michie ,
John McAteer  and
Andre Charlett
Sheldon Stone
Affiliation:
University College London (UCL) Medical School, London, United Kingdom
Chris Fuller*
Affiliation:
UCL Research Department of Infection and Population Health, London, United Kingdom
Susan Michie
Affiliation:
UCL Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, London, United Kingdom
John McAteer
Affiliation:
UCL Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, London, United Kingdom
Andre Charlett
Affiliation:
Health Protection Services, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
*
UCL Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London (Hampstead Campus), Royal Free Hospital, London, NW3 2PF, United Kingdom (christopher.fuller@ucl.ac.uk)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 11 , November 2012 , pp. 1174 - 1176
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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