'Now please wash your hands': the handwashing behaviour of final MBBS candidates.

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Published in J Hosp Infect on May 01, 2000

Authors

A Feather1, S P Stone, A Wessier, K A Boursicot, C Pratt

Author Affiliations

1: The Department of Medical and Dental Education, St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Robin Brook Centre, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE.

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