Impact of Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring on Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection Rates
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1322. Frequently Identified Infection Control Gaps Related to Hand Hygiene in Long-Term Care Facilities Kate Tyner, RN, BSN, CIC; Regina Nailon, RN, PhD; Sue Beach, BA; Margaret Drake, MT, ASCP, CIC; Teresa Fitzgerald, RN, BSN, CIC; Elizabeth Lyden, MS; Mark E. Rupp, MD; Michelle Schwedhelm, MSN, RN; Maureen Tierney, MD, MSc and Muhammad Salman Ashraf, MBBS; Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Division of Epidemiology, Nebraska Department of Public Health, Lincoln, Nebraska, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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