Healthcare worker perception of bare below the elbows: readiness for change?

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on April 23, 2014

Authors

James Pellerin1, Gonzalo Bearman, Jonathan Sorah, Kakotan Sanogo, Michael Stevens, Michael B Edmond

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

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