1518Hand Hygiene for Patients: an Initiative to Study and Promote Hand Hygiene Practice for Hospitalized Patients
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Hygiene Practice for Hospitalized Patients Marian Pokrywka, MS, CIC; Margaret Dicuccio, MSN, RN; Heather Dixon, MSN, RN; Thomas Hritz, PhD, RD, LDN; Mohamed Yassin, MD, PhD; Infection Control, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; Nursing, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; Quality, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA
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