A multicenter study using positive deviance for improving hand hygiene compliance.

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Published in Am J Infect Control on August 21, 2013

Authors

Alexandre R Marra1, Danilo Teixeira Noritomi, Adilson J Westheimer Cavalcante, Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, Renata Puzzo Bortoleto, Marcelino Souza Durao Junior, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Claudia Laselva, Walace de Souza Pimentel, Leonardo Jose Rolim Ferraz, Maria Fátima dos Santos Cardoso, Elivane da Silva Victor, Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Michael B Edmond, Positive Deviance For Hand Hygiene Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: alexandre.marra@einstein.br.

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